You are given the head
of a linked list. Delete the middle node, and return the head
of the modified linked list.
The middle node of a linked list of size n
is the ⌊n / 2⌋th
node from the start using 0-based indexing, where ⌊x⌋
denotes the largest integer less than or equal to x
.
- For
n
=1
,2
,3
,4
, and5
, the middle nodes are0
,1
,1
,2
, and2
, respectively.
Example 1:
Input: head = [1,3,4,7,1,2,6]
Output: [1,3,4,1,2,6]
Explanation:
The above figure represents the given linked list. The indices of the nodes are written below.
Since n = 7, node 3 with value 7 is the middle node, which is marked in red.
We return the new list after removing this node.
Example 2:
Input: head = [1,2,3,4]
Output: [1,2,4]
Explanation:
The above figure represents the given linked list.
For n = 4, node 2 with value 3 is the middle node, which is marked in red.
Example 3:
Input: head = [2,1]
Output: [2]
Explanation:
The above figure represents the given linked list.
For n = 2, node 1 with value 1 is the middle node, which is marked in red.
Node 0 with value 2 is the only node remaining after removing node 1.
Constraints:
- The number of nodes in the list is in the range
[1, 105]
. -
1 <= Node.val <= 105
SOLUTION:
# Definition for singly-linked list.
# class ListNode:
# def __init__(self, val=0, next=None):
# self.val = val
# self.next = next
class Solution:
def deleteMiddle(self, head: Optional[ListNode]) -> Optional[ListNode]:
slow = head
prev = slow
fast = head
n = 0
while fast and fast.next:
prev = slow
slow = slow.next
fast = fast.next.next
n += 1
if n == 0:
return None
prev.next = slow.next
return head
Top comments (0)