Remove Duplicates from Sorted List

Given a sorted linked list, delete all duplicates such that each element appear only once.

Example 1:

Input: 1->1->2
Output: 1->2

Example 2:

Input: 1->1->2->3->3
Output: 1->2->3


思路一:迭代

/**
 * Definition for singly-linked list.
 * struct ListNode {
 *     int val;
 *     ListNode *next;
 *     ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(NULL) {}
 * };
 */
class Solution {
public:
    ListNode* deleteDuplicates(ListNode* head) {
        if (head == nullptr) return nullptr;
        
        for (ListNode *prev = head, *cur = head->next; 
             cur != nullptr; cur = prev->next) {
            if (prev->val == cur->val) {
                prev->next = cur->next;
                delete cur;
            } else {
                prev = cur;
            }
        }
        return head;
    }
};

时间复杂度o(n),空间复杂度o(1)


思路二:递归

class Solution {
public:
    ListNode *deleteDuplicates(ListNode *head) {
        if (!head) return head;
        ListNode dummy(head->val + 1); // 值只要跟head不同即可
        dummy.next = head;

        recur(&dummy, head);
        return dummy.next;
    }
private:
    static void recur(ListNode *prev, ListNode *cur) {
        if (cur == nullptr) return;

        if (prev->val == cur->val) { // 删除head
            prev->next = cur->next;
            delete cur;
            recur(prev, prev->next);
        } else {
            recur(prev->next, cur->next);
        }
    }
};

时间复杂度o(n),空间复杂度o(1)


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