Challenge 10: Return the Nth Node From End
Returning the nth node from the start of a linked list is easy. Can you return the "nth" node from the end of a list?
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Problem statement
In the FindNth(int n)
function, a certain n is specified as an argument. You simply need to return the node, which is n spaces away from the end of the linked list.
Input
The input is a position n.
Output
The output is the value of the node n positions from the end. It returns -1
if n is out of bound.
Sample input
LinkedList = 22->18->60->78->47->39->99 and n = 3
Sample output
47
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