2026/05/15

[LeetCode] 876 Middle of the Linked List

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/**
 * Definition for singly-linked list.
 * struct ListNode {
 *     int val;
 *     ListNode *next;
 *     ListNode() : val(0), next(nullptr) {}
 *     ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(nullptr) {}
 *     ListNode(int x, ListNode *next) : val(x), next(next) {}
 * };
 */
class Solution {
private:
  ListNode *takeOneStep(ListNode *node) {
    if (node)
      return node->next;
    return nullptr;
  }

  ListNode *takeTwoStep(ListNode *node) {
    return takeOneStep(takeOneStep(node));
  }

public:
  ListNode *middleNode(ListNode *head) {
    ListNode *slow = head;
    ListNode *fast = head;
    while (fast && fast->next) {
      slow = takeOneStep(slow);
      fast = takeTwoStep(fast);
    }
    return slow;
  }
};