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.
/**
* Definition for singly-linked list.
* struct ListNode {
* int val;
* ListNode *next;
* ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(NULL) {}
* };
*/
class Solution {
public:
ListNode *getIntersectionNode(ListNode *headA, ListNode *headB) {
if(headA == NULL || headB == NULL)
return NULL;
int lengthA = 0;
int lengthB = 0;
ListNode* NodeA = headA;
ListNode* NodeB = headB;
while(NodeA!=NULL)
{
NodeA = NodeA->next;
lengthA++;
}
while(NodeB!=NULL)
{
NodeB = NodeB->next;
lengthB++;
}
NodeA = headA;
NodeB = headB;
if(lengthA>lengthB)
{
for(int i=0;i<(lengthA-lengthB);i++)
{
NodeA = NodeA->next;
}
}
if(lengthA<lengthB)
{
for(int i=0;i<(lengthB-lengthA);i++)
{
NodeB = NodeB->next;
}
}
while(NodeA->val!=NodeB->val)
{
NodeA = NodeA->next;
NodeB = NodeB->next;
if(NodeA ==NULL|| NodeB == NULL)
return NULL;
}
return NodeA;
}
};