LeetCode 19. Remove Nth Node From End of List

Posted 2020-08-09

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.

题目要求我们要尽量扫描一遍，那我们就要设置两个指针了，第二个指针先前行n+1，然后第一个指针再前行，当第二个指针到达结尾时，第一个指针就是

 

要删除节点的前序，同时也要考虑恰好头结点就是要删除节点的特殊情况

 

/**
 * 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) {
        ListNode *pre = head, *current = head;
        int count = 0;
        while (current)
        {
            if (!(count <= n))
            pre = pre->next;
            ++count;
            current = current->next;
        }
        if (pre == head&&count==n)
        {
            head = head->next;
            free(pre);
        }
        else
        {
            current = pre->next;
            pre->next = pre->next->next;
            free(current);
        }
        return head;
    }
};