一、问题描述
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.
二、问题分析
设置两个变量:
totalGasRemain:所有gas[i] - cost[i]的和,用于验证这个数组是否有解,若大于零则说明可以绕一圈,否则不能绕一圈。
gapRemain:从gas站i出发到gas站j还剩多少gas,若大于零则说明到从i可以到j,此时继续往下走,有可能从i出发可以绕一圈。若小于零,则说明从i出发不能绕一圈,此时重新探测从j是否可以绕一圈。
之所以上面的方法可行是因为题目中已经明确了该题有唯一的解。
三、算法代码
public class Solution {
public int canCompleteCircuit(int[] gas, int[] cost) {
int totalGasRemain = 0;
int gapRemain = 0;
int index = -1;
for(int i = 0; i <= gas.length - 1; i++){
gapRemain += gas[i] - cost[i];
totalGasRemain += gas[i] - cost[i];
if(gapRemain < 0){
index = i;
gapRemain = 0;
}
}
if(totalGasRemain >= 0){
return index + 1;
}else{
return -1;
}
}
}