题目:
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.
思路:常规思路是吧每一个点作为起点,遍历数组是否可行,但是最后case一个会超时。方法为设置两个flag分别为start和end,当前剩余为leave,如果leave<0,表示无剩余,如果有解的话必须向上借gas,那当前start就不说最终的,需要向前推进;leave>0表示有剩余,end可以向下推进,所以end向后推进。结束条件为start=end时候,如果当前leave>=0,表示有解start为返回值。否则无解。只需遍历一遍即可。
class Solution
{
public:
int canCompleteCircuit(vector<int>& gas, vector<int>& cost)
{
int len = gas.size();
int leave=gas[len-1]-cost[len-1];
int start=len-1;
int end=0;
while(start>end)
{
if(leave>0)
{
leave=leave+gas[end]-cost[end];
end=(end+1)%len;
}
else
{
start--;
leave=leave+gas[start]-cost[start];
}
}
return leave<0?-1:start;
}
};