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If that's a specific use case you need to handle, it's O(1) again if you have a pointer to both the node to be removed and the previous node.

Whether it's more efficient to carry a second pointer around when manipulating the list, or store a second pointer in every list node (aka double linked list) is up to your problem space.

Or whether an O(n) removal is acceptable.



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