Linked List Operations - Delete By Position

Deletion By Position

Deletion By Position first walks to the predecessor of the index, then bypasses the target node without losing the rest of the chain.

Find Predecessor

The pointer must stop one node before the position being deleted.

Store prev.next as target before changing any link.

prev.next jumps to target.next.

Invalid positions, head deletion, and tail deletion need checks.

List valuesSelected value

Delete valueDelete positionN from end

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Linked List Operations - Delete By Position

Deletion By Position first walks to the predecessor of the index, then bypasses the target node without losing the rest of the chain.

The pointer must stop one node before the position being deleted.

Store prev.next as target before changing any link.

prev.next jumps to target.next.

Invalid positions, head deletion, and tail deletion need checks.

List valuesSelected value

Delete valueDelete positionN from end