160. Intersection of Two Linked Lists
Write a program to find the node at which the intersection of two singly linked lists begins.
For example, the following two linked lists:
A: a1 → a2 ↘ c1 → c2 → c3 ↗ B: b1 → b2 → b3
begin to intersect at node c1.
Notes:
- If the two linked lists have no intersection at all, return
null
. - The linked lists must retain their original structure after the function returns.
- You may assume there are no cycles anywhere in the entire linked structure.
- Your code should preferably run in O(n) time and use only O(1) memory.
题意:
给定两个链表,求两个链表的交点(如果没有交点返回null)
思路:
对于两个相交的链表的来说,较长的链表 比 较短的链表 多出的部分(后对齐)肯定不是相交的部分,所以把 较长的链表的向后移动,直到长度相同,再重新遍历,相同即相遇。
public class Solution {
public ListNode getIntersectionNode(ListNode headA, ListNode headB) {
int lenA = length(headA), lenB = length(headB);
// move headA and headB to the same start point
while (lenA > lenB) {
headA = headA.next;
lenA--;
}
while (lenA < lenB) {
headB = headB.next;
lenB--;
}
// find the intersection until end
while (headA != headB) {
headA = headA.next;
headB = headB.next;
}
return headA;
}
private int length(ListNode node) {
int length = 0;
while (node != null) {
node = node.next;
length++;
}
return length;
}
}