Remove Duplicates from Unsorted List

Question:

Write code to remove duplicates from an unsorted linked list.

Example
Given 1->3->2->1->4.

Return 1->3->2->4

Lesson Learned:

  • 删除Node时,因为可能去掉的是最后一个element,loop会指向null,所以不能,仅仅判断loop.next,要将loop!=null也作为一个跳出循环的条件
  • 每当出现cur = cur.next的时候都要想想,会不会出现cur是null,或cur.next==null会影响下一轮的循环条件
              if (cur.next != null) {
                  cur = cur.next;
              }
    

Code:

/**
 * Definition for ListNode
 * public class ListNode {
 *     int val;
 *     ListNode next;
 *     ListNode(int x) {
 *         val = x;
 *         next = null;
 *     }
 * }
 */
public class Solution {
    /**
     * @param head: The first node of linked list.
     * @return: head node
     */
    public ListNode removeDuplicates(ListNode head) { 
        // Write your code here
        if (head == null || head.next == null) {
            return head;
        }
        ListNode cur = head;
        while (cur.next != null) {
            ListNode loop = cur;
            int val = cur.val;
            // 因为可能去掉的是最后一个element,loop会指向null,所以不能
            // 仅仅判断loop.next,要将loop!=null也作为一个跳出循环的条件

            // 可能出现
            while (loop.next != null && loop != null) {
                if (loop.next.val == cur.val) {
                    loop.next = loop.next.next;
                    continue;
                }
                loop = loop.next;
            }
            // 每当出现cur = cur.next的时候都要想想,会不会出现cur是null
            // 或cur.next==null会影响下一轮的循环条件
            if (cur.next != null) {
                cur = cur.next;
            }
        }
        return head;
    }  
}