As the linked list is sorted, we can start from the beginning of the list and compare adjacent nodes. When adjacent nodes are the same, remove the second one. There's a tricky case where the node after the next node needs to be noted before the deletion.
// Remove duplicates from a sorted list
void RemoveDuplicates(struct node* head)
{
struct node* current = head;
if (current == NULL) return; // do nothing if the list is empty
// Compare current node with next node
while(current->next!=NULL)
{
if (current->data == current->next->data)
{
struct node* nextNext = current->next->next;
free(current->next);
current->next = nextNext;
}
else
{
current = current->next; // only advance if no deletion
}
}
}
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Any other solution in O(n) time complexity ?
this will work only for the list 1 2 3 3 4 5 like this but it wont work if the duplicate elements r not consecutive like 1 2 3 2 2
@manikanta: check the title once. It is remove duplicates from "sorted" linked list
Will it work if its 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 6 8 ?
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