Skip to main content

Delete the middle node of a linked list

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, and 5, the middle nodes are 0, 1, 1, 2, and 2, respectively.

Input: head = [1,3,4,7,1,2,6] Output: [1,3,4,1,2,6]

/**
* Definition for singly-linked list.
* function ListNode(val, next) {
* this.val = (val===undefined ? 0 : val)
* this.next = (next===undefined ? null : next)
* }
*/
/**
* @param {ListNode} head
* @return {ListNode}
*/
var deleteMiddle = function(head) {
let slowPointer = head;
let fastPointer = head;
let previousPointer = null;

while (fastPointer && fastPointer.next) {
previousPointer = slowPointer;
slowPointer = slowPointer.next;
fastPointer = fastPointer.next.next;
}

if (previousPointer) {
previousPointer.next = slowPointer.next;
} else {
head = slowPointer.next;
}

return head;
};