83_RemoveDuplicatesFromSortedList.cpp

/*
 * @Author: xuezaigds@gmail.com
 * @Last Modified time: 2016-04-29 16:32:57
 */

/**
 * Definition for singly-linked list.
 * struct ListNode {
 *     int val;
 *     ListNode *next;
 *     ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(NULL) {}
 * };
 */

/*
Note about freeing memory.
We need to free memory when we delete a node. But don't use "delete node"!
construct on an interview without discussing it with the interviewer.
A list node can be allocated in many different ways and we can use delete node;
only if we are sure that the nodes were allocated with new TreeNode(...).

We can create LinkList in stack as followings:
ListNode node1(2), node2(2), node3(2), node4(5), node5(7), node6(10);
node1.next = &node2; node2.next = &node3; ....
ListNode* p = Solution().deleteDuplicates(&node1);
*/

// Recursively
class Solution {
public:
    ListNode* deleteDuplicates(ListNode* head) {
        if(head==NULL || head->next==NULL)  return head;
        head->next = deleteDuplicates(head->next);
        return head->val == head->next->val ? head->next : head;
    }
};

// Iteratively
class Solution_2 {
public:
    ListNode* deleteDuplicates(ListNode* head) {
        ListNode* cur=head;
        while(cur){
            while(cur->next && cur->val==cur->next->val){
                cur->next = cur->next->next;
            }
            cur = cur->next;
        }
        return head;
    }
};

/*
[]
[1]
[3,3,3,3,3]
[1,1,1,2,3,4,4,4,4,5]
*/