原题网址:https://leetcode.com/problems/gas-station/
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.
方法:两个指针,一个前进,一个后退(反向)
public class Solution {
public int canCompleteCircuit(int[] gas, int[] cost) {
int start = 0;
int remain = gas[0] - cost[0];
int stop = (start+1) % gas.length;
while (start != stop) {
if (remain < 0) {
start = (start-1+gas.length) % gas.length;
remain += gas[start] - cost[start];
} else {
remain += gas[stop] - cost[stop];
stop = (stop+1) % gas.length;
}
}
if (remain >= 0) return start; else return -1;
}
}