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.
Credits:
Special thanks to @stellari for adding this problem and creating all test cases.
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
typedef struct ListNode {
int val;
struct ListNode *next;
}*ListNode;
ListNode *getIntersectionNode(ListNode *headA, ListNode *headB) {
ListNode *p1,*p2;
int n=0,m=0,d,i;
if(headA==NULL||headB==NULL) return NULL;
if(headA==headB) return headA;
for(p1=headA;p1->next!=NULL;p1=p1->next) n++;
for(p2=headB;p2->next!=NULL;p2=p2->next) m++;
if(p1!=p2) return NULL;
d=(m>=n)?(m-n):(n-m);
if(n>m) {
p1=headA;
p2=headB;
}
else{
p1=headB;
p2=headA;
}
for(i=0;i<n;i++) p1=p1->next;
while(p1!=NULL && p2!=NULL){
if(p1==p2) return p1;
else{
p1=p1->next;
p2=p2->next;
}
}
return p1;
}