[Solved] Given the head of a singly linked list, return the middle node of the linked list. If there are two middle nodes, return the second middle node.

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Question

Given the head of a singly linked list, return the middle node of the linked list.

If there are two middle nodes, return the second middle node.

Example 1:

lc midlist1
Input: head = [1,2,3,4,5]
Output: [3,4,5]
Explanation: The middle node of the list is node 3.

Example 2:

lc midlist2
Input: head = [1,2,3,4,5,6]
Output: [4,5,6]
Explanation: Since the list has two middle nodes with values 3 and 4, we return the second one.

Constraints:

  • The number of nodes in the list is in the range [1, 100].
  • 1 <= Node.val <= 100

Python Solution

# Definition for singly-linked list.
# class ListNode:
#     def __init__(self, val=0, next=None):
#         self.val = val
#         self.next = next
class Solution:
    def middleNode(self, head: ListNode) -> ListNode:
        f=head
        s=head
        while 1:
            if f.next==None:
                return s
            elif f.next.next==None:
                return s.next
            f=f.next.next
            s=s.next

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