LinkedList Middle#10380

LinkedList Middle

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Given a linked list, find its middle element.

Definition of a single linked list:

// Java
class ListNode {
  int val;
  ListNode next;
  ListNode(int x) {
    val = x;
    next = null;
  }
}

// C++
class ListNode
{
public:
  int val;
  ListNode *next;
  ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(NULL) {}
};

// C
struct ListNode
{
  int val;
  struct ListNode *next;
};

Implement a function MiddleElement that returns a pointer to the middle node. If linked list contains $n$ elements, its middle element has index number $⌈ n /2 ⌉$ .

// Java
ListNode MiddleElement(ListNode head)

// C, C++
ListNode* MiddleElement(ListNode *head)

Input

The function receives a pointer head to the head of the linked list.

Output

The function should return a pointer to the middle element of the list.

Note

The length of the list $n = 5$ n = 5 is odd. Function MiddleElement must return a pointer to the node with value $3$ (middle element).

The length of the list $n = 4$ n = 4 is even. Function MiddleElement must return a pointer to the node with value $2$ (middle element).