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.
如果totalGas大于totalCost了,那么就能走完整个里程了,假设现在我们到达了第i个油站,这时候还剩余的油量为sum,如果 sum + gas[i] - cost[i]小于0,我们无法走到下一个油站,所以起点一定不在第i个以及之前的油站里面(都铁定走不到第i + 1号油站),起点只能在i + 1后者后面。
class Solution {
public:
int canCompleteCircuit(vector<int>& gas, vector<int>& cost) {
int res=0;
int sum=0;
int total=0;
for(int i=0;i<gas.size();i++){
sum+=gas[i]-cost[i];
if(sum<0){
res=i+1;
sum=0;
}
total+=gas[i]-cost[i];
}
if(total<0){
return -1;
}else{
return res;
}
}
};
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