Linked List: Deleted Node with given pointer

Problem Statement:
         Given a pointer of a Singly Linked List, delete the node pointed by the given Pointer.

Given Linked List with given Pointer pointing to "2"

Fig: Linked List with given pointer at 2

Solution: 

 Here the trick is copy the content of the next node that is "3" here to the given node ("2" here)
and delete the next node.

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public void deleteNode(Node current){ Node nextNode = current.next; current.data=nextNode.data ; current.next = nextNode.next; }

The Node structure of Linked List

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/** * Linked List Node * @author Prateek */ class Node { public int data; public Node next; public Node(int data){ this.data=data; } public String toString(){ return ""+data; } }

Note: This logic is not applicable for the last node in the Linked List.

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