Input: [1,2,3,4,5] Output: Node 3 from this list (Serialization: [3,4,5]) The returned node has value 3. (The judge's serialization of this node is [3,4,5]). Note that we returned a ListNode object ans, such that: ans.val = 3, ans.next.val = 4, ans.next.next.val = 5, and ans.next.next.next = NULL.
Example 2:
1 2 3
Input: [1,2,3,4,5,6] Output: Node 4 from this list (Serialization: [4,5,6]) Since the list has two middle nodes with values 3 and 4, we return the second one.
想法
簡單的想法
當然可以先遍歷一遍找出 linked list 的長度,再從頭遍歷長度的一半,回傳找到的點。
更優的做法
可以利用兩個指標,兩個指標都從頭開始。
一個一次走一步,稱它為 slow;另一個一次走兩步,稱它為 fast。這樣 fast 到達終點時,slow 恰好走了一半的長度,所以回傳 slow 即可。
實作細節
注意迴圈的條件,因為 fast 會一次走兩步,所以有兩個判斷條件: fast != nullptr && fast->next != nullptr。