class Solution {
public:
int removeDuplicates(vector<int>& nums) {
if (nums.empty()) return 0;
int pre = 0, cur = 0, n = nums.size();
while (cur < n) {
if (nums[pre] == nums[cur]) ++cur;
else nums[++pre] = nums[cur++];
}
return pre + 1;
}
};