There are N gas stations along a circular route, where the amount of gas at station i is gas[i]
.
You have a car with an unlimited gas tank and it costs cost[i]
of gas to travel from station i to its next station (i+1). You begin the journey with an empty tank at one of the gas stations.
Return the starting gas station's index if you can travel around the circuit once, otherwise return -1.
Note:
The solution is guaranteed to be unique.
这题目有点意思,时间复杂度O(N)。
解题思路:
1:假设出发车站为0,初始化车内油量0
2:车内油量=车站油量-消耗
3:如果车内油量大于0,车开到下一车站,否则出发车站前移一个车站
重复2,3步,直到所有车站遍历完。如果车内油量剩余大于等于0,返回出发车站,否则返回-1.
public int canCompleteCircuit(int[] gas, int[] cost) {
if (gas == null) {
return -1;
}
// Note: The Solution object is instantiated only once and is reused by each test case.
int count = gas.length;
int n = 0;
int gasInCar = 0;
int begin = 0;
int end = 0;
int i = 0;
while (n < count - 1) {
gasInCar += gas[i] - cost[i];
if (gasInCar >=0) {//forward
end++;
i=end;
} else {
begin--;
if (begin < 0) {
begin = count - 1;
}
i = begin;
}
n++;
}
gasInCar += gas[i] - cost[i];
if (gasInCar >= 0) {
return begin;
} else {
return -1;
}
}