Remove Element
1.Describtion
Given an array nums and a value val, remove all instances of that value in-place and return the new length.
Do not allocate extra space for another array, you must do this by modifying the input array in-place with O(1) extra memory.
The order of elements can be changed. It doesn’t matter what you leave beyond the new length.
Clarification:
Confused why the returned value is an integer but your answer is an array?
Note that the input array is passed in by reference, which means a modification to the input array will be known to the caller as well.
Internally you can think of this:
// nums is passed in by reference. (i.e., without making a copy)
int len = removeElement(nums, val);
// any modification to nums in your function would be known by the caller.
// using the length returned by your function, it prints the first len elements.
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
print(nums[i]);
}
2.Example
Input: nums = [3,2,2,3], val = 3
Output: 2, nums = [2,2]
Explanation: Your function should return length = 2, with the first two elements of nums being 2.
It doesn't matter what you leave beyond the returned length. For example if you return 2 with nums = [2,2,3,3] or nums = [2,3,0,0], your answer will be accepted.
3. Solution
双指针
class Solution {
public int removeElement(int[] nums, int val) {
int i=0;
for(int j=0;j<nums.length;j++){
if(nums[j]!=val){
nums[i]=nums[j];
i++;
}
}
return i;
}
}
一个指针快,一个指针慢,j较快i较慢;同时i还记录删除元素后数组的长度。
或者:
public int removeElement(int[] nums, int val) {
int i = 0;
int n = nums.length;
while (i < n) {
if (nums[i] == val) {
nums[i] = nums[n - 1];
// reduce array size by one
n--;
} else {
i++;
}
}
return n;
}