Devise an algorithm to determine the Nth-to-Last element in a singly linked list of unknown length. If N = 0, then your algorithm must return the last element. You should parse the list only once

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Algorithm to find Nth-to-Last element in a singly linked list of unknown length

  • Traverse the list and maintain two pointers, one at the beginning and one at Nth node from beginning

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