题目:
There are N gas stations along a circular route, where the amount of gas at station i isgas[i].
You have a car with an unlimited gas tank and it costscost[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.
思路:这是上算法课老师讲的贪心法的一个例题。如果有借,则必须从start出发才能走完全程。这也透露出一个信息——从另外的点出发,走到start-1剩余的油<0,没办法走到start。因此下一步有可能是真正的起点,但下一步要是真正的起点,其总的耗油量要大于等于0。
代码:
public class Solution { public int canCompleteCircuit(int[] gas, int[] cost) { if(gas == null || cost == null || gas.length==0 || cost.length==0){ return -1; } int index=-1; int sum =0; int remain = 0; for(int i=0;i<gas.length;i++){ sum += gas[i]-cost[i]; remain += gas[i]-cost[i]; if(remain<0){ remain = 0; index =i; } } return sum>=0?index+1:-1; } }