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.
class Solution {
public:
int canCompleteCircuit(vector<int>& gas, vector<int>& cost) {
int n = gas.size();
int gasAmount = 0;
int total = 0, minSum = INT_MAX, index = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < n; i ++){
total += gas[i] - cost[i];
if(total < minSum){
minSum = total;
index = i + 1;
}
}
return (total < 0) ? -1 : (index % n) ;
}
};