LeetCode 19 Remove Nth Node From End of List

题目：

Given a linked list, remove the nth node from the end of list and return its head.

For example,

   Given linked list: 1->2->3->4->5, and n = 2.

   After removing the second node from the end, the linked list becomes 1->2->3->5.

Note:
Given n will always be valid.
Try to do this in one pass.

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题意：

给一个链表，去掉从后面数第n个结点，并且返回链表的首结点。

要求：给定的n一定为有效合法的值，并且尽量一步达到要求。

常规思路是先计算链表的长度len，之后计算正序idx = len-n，然后进行删除结点算法，代码如下：

class Solution {
    public ListNode removeNthFromEnd(ListNode head, int n) {
        int len = 0;
        for (ListNode node = head; node != null; len++, node = node.next);
        int idx = len - n;
        if (idx == 0) {
            head = head.next;
        }
        else {
            ListNode node = head;
            while (idx>1) {
                node = node.next;
                idx --;
            }
            node.next = node.next.next;
        }
        return head;
    }
}

网上大佬的思路一般是定义两个结点指针a，b，之后让b先跑n步，之后a和b同步进行，跑到b.next == null时，对a.next进行删除操作，代码如下：

class Solution {
    public ListNode removeNthFromEnd(ListNode head, int n) {
        ListNode a, b;
        a = b = head;
        while (n-- > 0) {
            b = b.next;
        }
        if (b == null) {
            return head.next;
        }
        b = b.next;
        while (b != null) {
            a = a.next;
            b = b.next;
        }
        a.next = a.next.next;
        return head;
    }
}