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19. Remove Nth Node from End of List

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Problem Statement

19. Remove Nth Node From End of List

Medium


Given the head of a linked list, remove the nth node from the end of the list and return its head.

 

Example 1:

Input: head = [1,2,3,4,5], n = 2
Output: [1,2,3,5]

Example 2:

Input: head = [1], n = 1
Output: []

Example 3:

Input: head = [1,2], n = 1
Output: [1]

 

Constraints:

 

Follow up: Could you do this in one pass?

C++

Source file
/**
 * Definition for singly-linked list.
 * struct ListNode {
 *     int val;
 *     ListNode *next;
 *     ListNode() : val(0), next(nullptr) {}
 *     ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(nullptr) {}
 *     ListNode(int x, ListNode *next) : val(x), next(next) {}
 * };
 */
class Solution {
public:
    ListNode* removeNthFromEnd(ListNode* head, int n) {
        auto lt=head, rt=head;
        while(rt && n--)
            rt=rt->next;
        if(!rt){
            if(!n)
                return head->next;
            return head;
        }
        while(rt->next){
            lt=lt->next;
            rt=rt->next;
        }
        lt->next=lt->next->next;
        return head;
    }
};