Remove duplicates from an unsorted linked list

Question

import java.util.*;
/*
 *  Remove duplicates from an unsorted linked list
 */
public class LinkedListNode {  
    public int data;  
    public LinkedListNode next;          


        

Answer 1

All the solutions given above looks optimised but most of them defines custom Node as a part of solution. Here is a simple and practical solution using Java's LinkedList and HashSet which does not confine to use the preexisting libraries and methods.

Time Complexity : O(n)

Space Complexity: O(n)

@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
private static LinkedList removeDupsUsingHashSet(LinkedList list) {

    HashSet set = new HashSet<>();
    for (int i = 0; i < list.size();) {
        if (set.contains(list.get(i))) {
            list.remove(i);
            continue;
        } else {
            set.add(list.get(i));
            i++;
        }
    }
    return list;
}

This also preserves the list order.