Delete smaller nodes in linked list in Python

Given a singly linked list and a position, delete a linked list node at the given position.

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Example:

Input: position = 1, Linked List = 8->2->3->1->7 Output: Linked List = 8->3->1->7 Input: position = 0, Linked List = 8->2->3->1->7 Output: Linked List = 2->3->1->7


If node to be deleted is root, simply delete it. To delete a middle node, we must have pointer to the node previous to the node to be deleted. So if positions is not zero, we run a loop position-1 times and get pointer to the previous node.

Below is the implementation of above idea.

C/C++

// A complete working C program to delete a node in a linked list
// at a given position
#include
#include
// A linked list node
struct Node
{
int data;
struct Node *next;
};
/* Given a reference (pointer to pointer) to the head of a list
and an int, inserts a new node on the front of the list. */
void push(struct Node** head_ref,int new_data)
{
struct Node* new_node = (struct Node*)malloc(sizeof(struct Node));
new_node->data = new_data;
new_node->next = (*head_ref);
(*head_ref) = new_node;
}
/* Given a reference (pointer to pointer) to the head of a list
and a position, deletes the node at the given position */
void deleteNode(struct Node **head_ref,int position)
{
// If linked list is empty
if (*head_ref == NULL)
return;
// Store head node
struct Node* temp = *head_ref;
// If head needs to be removed
if (position == 0)
{
*head_ref = temp->next;// Change head
free(temp);// free old head
return;
}
// Find previous node of the node to be deleted
for (int i=0; temp!=NULL && i
temp = temp->next;
// If position is more than number of ndoes
if (temp == NULL || temp->next == NULL)
return;
// Node temp->next is the node to be deleted
// Store pointer to the next of node to be deleted
struct Node *next = temp->next->next;
// Unlink the node from linked list
free(temp->next);// Free memory
temp->next = next;// Unlink the deleted node from list
}
// This function prints contents of linked list starting from
// the given node
void printList(struct Node *node)
{
while (node != NULL)
{
printf(" %d ", node->data);
node = node->next;
}
}
/* Drier program to test above functions*/
int main()
{
/* Start with the empty list */
struct Node* head = NULL;
push(&head, 7);
push(&head, 1);
push(&head, 3);
push(&head, 2);
push(&head, 8);
puts("Created Linked List: ");
printList(head);
deleteNode(&head, 4);
puts(" Linked List after Deletion at position 4: ");
printList(head);
return 0;
}

Java

// A complete working Java program to delete a node in a linked list
// at a given position
class LinkedList
{
Node head;// head of list
/* Linked list Node*/
class Node
{
int data;
Node next;
Node(int d)
{
data = d;
next =null;
}
}
/* Inserts a new Node at front of the list. */
public void push(int new_data)
{
/* 1 & 2: Allocate the Node &
Put in the data*/
Node new_node =new Node(new_data);
/* 3. Make next of new Node as head */
new_node.next = head;
/* 4. Move the head to point to new Node */
head = new_node;
}
/* Given a reference (pointer to pointer) to the head of a list
and a position, deletes the node at the given position */
void deleteNode(int position)
{
// If linked list is empty
if (head ==null)
return;
// Store head node
Node temp = head;
// If head needs to be removed
if (position ==0)
{
head = temp.next;// Change head
return;
}
// Find previous node of the node to be deleted
for (int i=0; temp!=null && i
temp = temp.next;
// If position is more than number of ndoes
if (temp ==null || temp.next ==null)
return;
// Node temp->next is the node to be deleted
// Store pointer to the next of node to be deleted
Node next = temp.next.next;
temp.next = next;// Unlink the deleted node from list
}
/* This function prints contents of linked list starting from
the given node */
public void printList()
{
Node tnode = head;
while (tnode !=null)
{
System.out.print(tnode.data+" ");
tnode = tnode.next;
}
}
/* Drier program to test above functions. Ideally this function
should be in a separate user class. It is kept here to keep
code compact */
public static void main(String[] args)
{
/* Start with the empty list */
LinkedList llist =new LinkedList();
llist.push(7);
llist.push(1);
llist.push(3);
llist.push(2);
llist.push(8);
System.out.println(" Created Linked list is: ");
llist.printList();
llist.deleteNode(4);// Delete node at position 4
System.out.println(" Linked List after Deletion at position 4: ");
llist.printList();
}
}

Python

# Python program to delete a node in a linked list
# at a given position
# Node class
class Node:
# Constructor to initialize the node object
def __init__(self, data):
self.data= data
self.next = None
class LinkedList:
# Constructor to initialize head
def __init__(self):
self.head= None
# Function to insert a new node at the beginning
def push(self, new_data):
new_node= Node(new_data)
new_node.next = self.head
self.head= new_node
# Given a reference to the head of a list
# and a position, delete the node at a given position
def deleteNode(self, position):
# If linked list is empty
if self.head== None:
return
# Store head node
temp= self.head
# If head needs to be removed
if position== 0:
self.head= temp.next
temp= None
return
# Find previous node of the node to be deleted
for iin range(position-1 ):
temp= temp.next
if tempis None:
break
# If position is more than number of nodes
if tempis None:
return
if temp.next is None:
return
# Node temp.next is the node to be deleted
# store pointer to the next of node to be deleted
next = temp.next.next
# Unlink the node from linked list
temp.next = None
temp.next = next
# Utility function to print the linked LinkedList
def printList(self):
temp= self.head
while(temp):
print " %d " %(temp.data),
temp= temp.next
# Driver program to test above function
llist= LinkedList()
llist.push(7)
llist.push(1)
llist.push(3)
llist.push(2)
llist.push(8)
print "Created Linked List: "
llist.printList()
llist.deleteNode(4)
print " Linked List after Deletion at position 4: "
llist.printList()
# This code is contributed by Nikhil Kumar Singh(nickzuck_007)
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Output:Created Linked List: 8 2 3 1 7 Linked List after Deletion at position 4: 8 2 3 1

Thanks to Hemanth Kumar for suggesting initial solution. Please write comments if you find anything incorrect, or you want to share more information about the topic discussed above