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Middle of the Linked List

Find the value stored in the middle node of a singly-linked list in a single pass.

Given the head of a singly-linked list, return the value stored in the middle node of the list.

If the list has an even number of nodes, there are two middle nodes -- in that case, return the value of the second of the two middle nodes.

Example 1

Input: head = [1,2,3,4,5]

Output: 3

Explanation: The list has an odd length, so there's a single middle node with value 3.

Example 2

Input: head = [1,2,3,4,5,6]

Output: 4

Explanation: The list has an even length, so there are two middle nodes (3 and 4) -- return the second one.

Example 3

Input: head = [1]

Output: 1

Constraints

  • The number of nodes in the list is in the range [1, 100].
  • -1000 <= Node.val <= 1000

Follow-up

Can you find the middle in a single pass, without first computing the length of the list?

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