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| 1 | +package chapter02LinkedList; |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +/** |
| 4 | + * |
| 5 | + * @author chengfeili |
| 6 | + * Jun 19, 2017 8:38:57 PM |
| 7 | + * |
| 8 | + * Problem: Implement an algorithm to find the kth to last element of a |
| 9 | + * singly linked list. |
| 10 | + * 1 -> 2 -> 3 3th to last node is 1 |
| 11 | + * |
| 12 | + * Solution: |
| 13 | + * |
| 14 | + */ |
| 15 | +class Index { |
| 16 | + public int value = 0; |
| 17 | +} |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +public class ReturnKthToLast { |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | + // method 1: recursion; Space O(N) |
| 22 | + public int printKthToLast(ListNode head, int k) { |
| 23 | + if (head == null) { |
| 24 | + return 0; |
| 25 | + } |
| 26 | + int index = printKthToLast(head.next, k) + 1; |
| 27 | + if (index == k) { |
| 28 | + System.out.println(k + "th to last node is " + head.val); |
| 29 | + } |
| 30 | + return index; |
| 31 | + } |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | + // method 2: Wrapper class, recursion; Space O(N) |
| 34 | + public ListNode kthToLast(ListNode head, int k) { |
| 35 | + Index idx = new Index(); |
| 36 | + return helper(head, k, idx); |
| 37 | + } |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | + private ListNode helper(ListNode head, int k, Index idx) { |
| 40 | + if (head == null) { |
| 41 | + return null; |
| 42 | + } |
| 43 | + ListNode node = helper(head.next, k, idx); |
| 44 | + idx.value = idx.value + 1; |
| 45 | + if (idx.value == k) { |
| 46 | + return head; |
| 47 | + } |
| 48 | + return node; |
| 49 | + } |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | + // mehtod 3: iteration Time: O(N), Space O(1) |
| 52 | + public ListNode kthToLast3(ListNode node, int k) { |
| 53 | + ListNode left = node; |
| 54 | + ListNode right = node; |
| 55 | + for (int i = 0; i < k; i++) { |
| 56 | + if (right == null) { |
| 57 | + return null; |
| 58 | + } |
| 59 | + System.out.println("==" + right.val); |
| 60 | + right = right.next; |
| 61 | + } |
| 62 | + while (right != null) { |
| 63 | + right = right.next; |
| 64 | + left = left.next; |
| 65 | + } |
| 66 | + return left; |
| 67 | + } |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | + public static void main(String[] args) { |
| 70 | + ListNode n1 = new ListNode(1); |
| 71 | + ListNode n2 = new ListNode(2); |
| 72 | + ListNode n3 = new ListNode(3); |
| 73 | + n1.next = n2; |
| 74 | + n2.next = n3; |
| 75 | + ReturnKthToLast rmd = new ReturnKthToLast(); |
| 76 | + // rmd.printKthToLast(n1, 3); |
| 77 | + System.out.println(rmd.kthToLast3(n1, 1).val); |
| 78 | + } |
| 79 | +} |
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