Singly Linked List Deletion in Java

Singly linked list Deletion

Java Program for deletion in a singly linked list. In the singly linked list, we can delete the node in the following ways or we can say they ways of deleting nodes . When we delete the node in the linked list then there are three ways to delete the node .

Deletion in Singly Linked List

Linked List Deletion in Java (For a Value)

This method uses Linked List objects to call non static functions via object
Run
import java.lang.*;

class LinkedList {
    Node head;
    // Node Class
    class Node{
        int data;
        Node next;

        Node(int x) // parameterized constructor
        {
            data = x;
            next = null;
        }
    }
    public Node insertStart(int data)
    {
        // Creating newNode memory & assigning data value
        Node newNode = new Node(data);
        // assigning this newNode's next as current head node
        newNode.next = head;

        // re-assigning head to this newNode
        head = newNode;

        return head;
    }

    public void display()
    {
        Node node = head;
        //as linked list will end when Node reaches Null
        while(node!=null)
        {
            System.out.print(node.data + " ");
            node = node.next;
        }
        System.out.println();
    }
    void deleteVal(int value)
    {
        Node temp = head;
        Node previous = null;

        if(temp == null){
            System.out.println("Can't delete Linked List empty");
            return;
        }

        // Case when there is only 1 node in the list
        if(temp.next==null)
        {
            head = null;
            System.out.println("Deleted: " + value);
            return;
        }

        // if the head node itself needs to be deleted
        if(temp.data==value)
        {
            head = temp.next; //changing head to next in the list
            System.out.println("Deleted: " + value);
            return;
        }

        // traverse until we find the value to be deleted or LL ends
        while (temp != null && temp.data != value)
        {
            // store previous link node as we need to change its next val
            previous = temp;
            temp = temp.next;
        }

        // if value is not present then
        // temp will have traversed to last node NULL
        if(temp==null)
        {
            System.out.println("Value not found");
            return;
        }

        // for node to be deleted : temp lets call it nth node
        // assign (n-1)th node's next to (n+1)th node
        previous.next = temp.next;
        System.out.println("Deleted: " + value);
    }
}

public class Main
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
        LinkedList ll = new LinkedList();

        ll.insertStart(6);
        ll.insertStart(5);
        ll.insertStart(4);
        ll.insertStart(3);
        ll.insertStart(2);
        ll.insertStart(1);

        ll.display();

        ll.deleteVal(10);
        ll.deleteVal(5);
        ll.deleteVal(2);

        ll.display();

        ll.deleteVal(1);
        ll.display();

    }
}

Output

1 2 3 4 5 6 
Value not found
Deleted: 5
Deleted: 2
1 3 4 6 
Deleted: 1
3 4 6

Deletion in a Singly Linked List in Java (For a Position)

Deletion can be performed at the following positions –

Below we will write a program that will handle all the above cases in a single function, however, if you wish to write individual functions for each you can check the pages hyperlinked above.

This method uses Linked List objects to call non static functions via object
Run
import java.lang.*;

class LinkedList {
    Node head;
    // Node Class
    class Node{
        int data;
        Node next;

        Node(int x) // parameterized constructor
        {
            data = x;
            next = null;
        }
    }
    public Node insert(int data)
    {
        // Creating newNode memory & assigning data value
        Node newNode = new Node(data);
        // assigning this newNode's next as current head node
        newNode.next = head;

        // re-assigning head to this newNode
        head = newNode;

        return head;
    }

    public void display()
    {
        Node node = head;
        //as linked list will end when Node reaches Null
        while(node!=null)
        {
            System.out.print(node.data + " ");
            node = node.next;
        }
        System.out.println();
    }
    void deletepos(int pos)
    {
        Node temp = head;
        Node previous = null;

        int size = calcSize(head);

        if(pos < 1 || pos > size){
            System.out.println("Enter valid position");

            return;
        }

        //if the head node itself needs to be deleted
        if(pos == 1){
            //changing head to next in the list
            head = temp.next;
            System.out.println("Deleted Item: "+ temp.data);
            return;
        }

        //run until we find the value to be deleted in the list
        while (--pos > 0) {
            // store previous link node as we need to change its next val
            previous = temp;
            temp = temp.next;
        }

        // (pos-1)th node's next assigned to (pos+1)nth node
        previous.next = temp.next;
        System.out.println("Deleted Item: "+ temp.data);

    }

    public int calcSize(Node node){
        int size = 0;
        // traverse to the last node each time incrementing the size
        while(node!=null){
            node = node.next;
            size++;
        }
        return size;
    }

    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        LinkedList ll = new LinkedList();

        ll.insert(60);
        ll.insert(50);
        ll.insert(40);
        ll.insert(30);
        ll.insert(20);
        ll.insert(10);

        ll.display();

        ll.deletepos(1);
        ll.display();

        ll.deletepos(3);
        ll.display();

        ll.deletepos(4);
        ll.display();

        ll.deletepos(-2); // not valid as pos negative
        ll.deletepos(10); // not valid as breaches size of Linked List

    }
}

Output

10 20 30 40 50 60 
Deleted Item: 10
20 30 40 50 60 
Deleted Item: 40
20 30 50 60 
Deleted Item: 60
20 30 50 
Enter valid position
Enter valid position

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