27. Remove Element

https://leetcode.com/problems/remove-element/

C++

class Solution {
public:
    int removeElement(vector<int>& nums, int val) {
        if (nums.empty()) {
            return 0;
        }
        int left = 0;
        int right = nums.size() - 1;
        while (left <= right) {
            if (nums[left] == val) {
                nums[left] = nums[right];
                right--;
            } else {
                left++;
            }
        }
        return right + 1;
    }
};

Go

func removeElement(nums []int, val int) int {
    if len(nums) == 0 {
        return 0
    }
    left := 0
    right := len(nums) - 1
    for left <= right {
        if nums[left] == val {
            nums[left] = nums[right]
            right--
        } else {
            left++
        }
    }
    return right+1
}

JavaScript

/**
 * @param {number[]} nums
 * @param {number} val
 * @return {number}
 */
var removeElement = function(nums, val) {
  var left = 0
  var right = nums.length - 1

  while (left <= right) {
    if (nums[left] === val) {
      nums[left] = nums[right]
      right--
    } else {
      left++
    }
  }

  return right + 1
}

Python

class Solution(object):

    def removeElement(self, nums, val):
        """
        :type nums: List[int]
        :type val: int
        :rtype: int
        """
        left, right = 0, len(nums) - 1
        while left <= right:
            if nums[left] == val:
                nums[left] = nums[right]
                right -= 1
            else:
                left += 1
        return right + 1