Write a function named getValue
that accepts a reference to a pointer to a ListNode
representing the front of a linked list, along with an index.
Your function should return the value in the list that is found at the given 0-based index.
For example, suppose a variable named front
points to the front of a list containing the following sequence of values:
{8, 23, 19, 7, 102}
The call of getValue(front, 2);
should return the value 19
that is found at index 2.
You may assume that the index passed is between 0 and the existing size of the list minus 1, inclusive.
Constraints:
Do not construct any new ListNode
objects in solving this problem (though you may create as many ListNode*
pointer variables as you like).
Do not modify the data
field of existing nodes; change the list by changing pointers only.
Do not use any auxiliary data structures to solve this problem (no array, vector, stack, queue, string, etc).
Assume that you are using the ListNode
structure as defined below:
struct ListNode {
int data; // value stored in each node
ListNode* next; // pointer to next node in list (nullptr if none)
}