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Created February 13, 2013 02:51
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Given a linked list, remove the nth node from the end of list and return its head. For example, Given linked list: 1->2->3->4->5, and n = 2. After removing the second node from the end, the linked list becomes 1->2->3->5. Note: Given n will always be valid. Try to do this in one pass.
/**
* Definition for singly-linked list.
* struct ListNode {
* int val;
* ListNode *next;
* ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(NULL) {}
* };
*/
class Solution {
public:
ListNode *removeNthFromEnd(ListNode *head, int n) {
// Start typing your C/C++ solution below
// DO NOT write int main() function
if(head == NULL) {
return head;
}
ListNode tmpHead(-1);
tmpHead.next = head;
ListNode* cur = &tmpHead;
ListNode* forward = cur;
while(n--) {
forward = forward->next;
}
while(forward->next != NULL) {
forward = forward->next;
cur = cur->next;
}
ListNode* deleted = cur->next;
cur->next = deleted->next;
return tmpHead.next;
}
};
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