LeetCode 75
Delete the Middle Node of a Linked List
- Problem
- LC 2095
- Topic
- Linked List
- File
- official75_LC2095DeleteTheMiddleNodeOfALinkedList.java
- Path
- pkg5leetcode/official75/official75_LC2095DeleteTheMiddleNodeOfALinkedList.java
- Package
- pkg5leetcode.official75
- Command
- java pkg5leetcode/official75/official75_LC2095DeleteTheMiddleNodeOfALinkedList.java
- Approach
- Slow/fast pointers; delete node after slow.
- Complexity
- Time O(n), Space O(1)
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1package pkg5leetcode.official75;2 3/*4 * Delete the Middle Node of a Linked List | LC 20955 * APPROACH: Slow/fast pointers; delete node after slow.6 * COMPLEXITY: Time O(n), Space O(1)7 */8public class official75_LC2095DeleteTheMiddleNodeOfALinkedList {9 /** Same shape as pkg5leetcode/common/ListNode.java (nested for single-file runs). */10 11 static class ListNode {12 int val;13 ListNode next;14 ListNode(int val) { this.val = val; }15 }16 17 static ListNode deleteMiddle(ListNode head) {18 if (head.next == null) return null;19 ListNode slow = head, fast = head, prev = null;20 while (fast != null && fast.next != null) {21 prev = slow;22 slow = slow.next;23 fast = fast.next.next;24 }25 prev.next = slow.next;26 return head;27 }28 29 static int[] toArray(ListNode head) {30 java.util.List<Integer> list = new java.util.ArrayList<>();31 while (head != null) { list.add(head.val); head = head.next; }32 return list.stream().mapToInt(Integer::intValue).toArray();33 }34 35 public static void main(String[] args) {36 ListNode h = new ListNode(1); h.next = new ListNode(3); h.next.next = new ListNode(4);37 h.next.next.next = new ListNode(7); h.next.next.next.next = new ListNode(1);38 h.next.next.next.next.next = new ListNode(2); h.next.next.next.next.next.next = new ListNode(6);39 check(java.util.Arrays.equals(toArray(deleteMiddle(h)), new int[]{1,3,4,1,2,6}), "case1");40 ListNode s = new ListNode(1); s.next = new ListNode(2); s.next.next = new ListNode(3); s.next.next.next = new ListNode(4);41 check(java.util.Arrays.equals(toArray(deleteMiddle(s)), new int[]{1,2,4}), "case2");42 System.out.println("all tests passed");43 }44 45 static void check(boolean cond, String name) {46 if (!cond) throw new AssertionError("FAILED: " + name);47 System.out.println(" PASS " + name);48 }49}