Description
https://leetcode.com/problems/remove-duplicates-from-sorted-list-ii/
Given the head of a sorted linked list, delete all nodes that have duplicate numbers, leaving only distinct numbers from the original list. Return the linked list sorted as well.
Example 1:
Input: head = [1,2,3,3,4,4,5] Output: [1,2,5]
Example 2:
Input: head = [1,1,1,2,3] Output: [2,3]
Constraints:
- The number of nodes in the list is in the range
[0, 300]. -100 <= Node.val <= 100- The list is guaranteed to be sorted in ascending order.
Explanation
We can count the node value occurrences first and then remove those nodes with duplicated values.
Python Solution
# Definition for singly-linked list.
# class ListNode:
# def __init__(self, val=0, next=None):
# self.val = val
# self.next = next
class Solution:
def deleteDuplicates(self, head: ListNode) -> ListNode:
counter = {}
dummy = ListNode(0)
dummy.next = head
while head != None:
counter[head.val] = counter.get(head.val, 0) + 1
head = head.next
head = dummy.next
prev = dummy
while head != None:
if counter[head.val] > 1:
prev.next = head.next
else:
prev = head
head = head.next
return dummy.next
- Time Complexity: O(N).
- Space Complexity: O(N).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMK-uH-zAyQ&ab_channel=EricProgramming