原题:
/**
* Created by gouthamvidyapradhan on 28/06/2017.
* There are N gas stations along a circular route, where the amount of gas at station i is gas[i].
* <p>
* 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.
* <p>
* Return the starting gas station's index if you can travel around the circuit once, otherwise return -1.
* <p>
* Note:
* The solution is guaranteed to be unique.
* <p>
* Solution: O(N)
* If point B cant be reached from point A then all the intermediate points between A and B cant be the starting
* point. Therefore reset the starting point to the new starting point.
*/
答案:
public class GasStation {
/**
* Main method
*
* @param args
* @throws Exception
*/
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
int[] gas = {10, 20, 30, 10};
int[] cost = {5, 30, 10, 10};
System.out.println(new GasStation().canCompleteCircuit(gas, cost));
}
public int canCompleteCircuit(int[] gas, int[] cost) {
int debt = 0, sum = 0, start = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < gas.length; i++) {
sum += gas[i] - cost[i];
if (sum < 0) {
debt += sum;
sum = 0;
start = i + 1;
}
}
debt += sum;
return debt >= 0 ? start : -1;
}
}