0080-remove-duplicates-from-sorted-array-ii.java

class Solution {
    public int removeDuplicates(int[] nums) {
        int l = 0, r = 0, n = nums.length;

        while (r < n) {
            int count = 1;
            while (r + 1 < n && nums[r] == nums[r + 1]) {
                r++;
                count++;
            }

            for (int i = 0; i < Math.min(2, count); i++) {
                nums[l] = nums[r];
                l++;
            }
            r++;
        }
        return l;
    }
}

/*
 * Time Complexity: O(n);
 * Space Complexity: O(1);
 */

class Solution {
    public int removeDuplicates(int[] nums) {
        int count = 1;
        int index1 = 0;
        for (int i = 1; i < nums.length; i++) {
            if (nums[i] != nums[index1]) {
                count = 1;
                index1++;
                nums[index1] = nums[i];
            } else {
                count++;
                if (count <= 2) {
                    index1++;                    
                    nums[index1] = nums[i];
                }
            };
        };
        return index1 + 1;
    }
}

class Solution {
    public int removeDuplicates(int[] nums) {
        int k = 0;
        for (int num: nums) {
            if (k < 2 || nums[k-2] != num) {
                nums[k++] = num;
            }
        }
        return k;
    }
}