Get Middle Node

This is how it works, there will be two pointers, one jumping once and another one jumping twice. When the double jumper ends/terminates, the single jump fellow’s data would be the center.

class Node {

Object data;
 Node next;

public Node( Object data, Node next ) {
 this.data = data;
 this.next = next;
 }
 }

class LinkedList {

Node head;

public void addFirst( Object data ) {
 head = new Node( data, head );
 }
 }

public class LinkedListUtil {

public static Node getMiddleNode( Node head ) {
 Node cursor = head;
 Node middle = head;

while( cursor.next != null ) {

// Move the cursor one step forward.
 //
 cursor = cursor.next;
 System.out.println("Cursor is "+cursor.data );
 // Check if we've reached the end.
 //
 if( cursor.next != null ) {

// Move the cursor one more step forward,
 // making it a total of two steps.
 //
 cursor = cursor.next;
 System.out.println("Cursor is again " +cursor.data );

// Move the middle cursor only one step forward.
 //
 middle = middle.next;
 System.out.println( "Middle is is "+middle.data );
 }
 }

return middle;
 }

/**
 * Test Method
 */
 public static void main( String[ ] args ) {

// Initialize and populate the linked-list
 //
 LinkedList list = new LinkedList( );
 for( int i = 1; i <= 15; i++ ) {
 list.addFirst( i );
 }

// Returns 3 as the middle node.
 //
 Node middleNode = LinkedListUtil.getMiddleNode( list.head );
 System.out.println( "Mid node is"+middleNode.data );

list.addFirst( 6 );

// Returns 3 (again) as the middle node, since we have an even sized linked-list.
 //
 middleNode = LinkedListUtil.getMiddleNode( list.head );
 System.out.println( "Mid node is"+middleNode.data);

list.addFirst( 7 );

// Returns 4 as the middle node.
 //
 middleNode = LinkedListUtil.getMiddleNode( list.head );
 System.out.println( "Mid node is"+middleNode.data );
 }
 }

class Node {

Object data;
 Node next;

public Node( Object data, Node next ) {
 this.data = data;
 this.next = next;
 }
 }

class LinkedList {

Node head;

public void addFirst( Object data ) {
 head = new Node( data, head );
 }
 }

public class LinkedListUtil {

public static Node getMiddleNode( Node head ) {
 Node cursor = head;
 Node middle = head;

while( cursor.next != null ) {

// Move the cursor one step forward.
 //
 cursor = cursor.next;
 System.out.println("Cursor is "+cursor.data );
 // Check if we've reached the end.
 //
 if( cursor.next != null ) {

// Move the cursor one more step forward,
 // making it a total of two steps.
 //
 cursor = cursor.next;
 System.out.println("Cursor is again " +cursor.data );

// Move the middle cursor only one step forward.
 //
 middle = middle.next;
 System.out.println( "Middle is is "+middle.data );
 }
 }

return middle;
 }

/**
 * Test Method
 */
 public static void main( String[ ] args ) {

// Initialize and populate the linked-list
 //
 LinkedList list = new LinkedList( );
 for( int i = 1; i <= 15; i++ ) {
 list.addFirst( i );
 }

// Returns 3 as the middle node.
 //
 Node middleNode = LinkedListUtil.getMiddleNode( list.head );
 System.out.println( "Mid node is"+middleNode.data );

list.addFirst( 6 );

// Returns 3 (again) as the middle node, since we have an even sized linked-list.
 //
 middleNode = LinkedListUtil.getMiddleNode( list.head );
 System.out.println( "Mid node is"+middleNode.data);

list.addFirst( 7 );

// Returns 4 as the middle node.
 //
 middleNode = LinkedListUtil.getMiddleNode( list.head );
 System.out.println( "Mid node is"+middleNode.data );
 }
 }

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