Given a linked list, return the node where the cycle begins. If there is no cycle, return null
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Follow up:
Can you solve it without using extra space?
/**
* Definition for singly-linked list.
* struct ListNode {
* int val;
* ListNode *next;
* ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(NULL) {}
* };
*/
/**
当fast若与slow相遇时,slow肯定没有走遍历完链表,而fast已经在环内循环了n圈(1<=n)。假设slow走了s步,则fast走了2s步(fast步数还等于s 加上在环上多转的n圈),设环长为r,则:
2s = s + nr
s= nr
设整个链表长L,入口环与相遇点距离为x,起点到环入口点的距离为a。
a + x = nr
a + x = (n – 1)r +r = (n-1)r + L - a
a = (n-1)r + (L – a – x)
(L – a – x)为相遇点到环入口点的距离,由此可知,从链表头到环入口点等于(n-1)循环内环+相遇点到环入口点,于是我们从链表头、与相遇点分别设一个指针,每次各走一步,两个指针必定相遇,且相遇第一点为环入口点。
*/
class Solution {
public:
ListNode *detectCycle(ListNode *head) {
// IMPORTANT: Please reset any member data you declared, as
// the same Solution instance will be reused for each test case.
if(!head)
return NULL;
ListNode *slow = head, *fast = head;
while(fast != NULL && fast->next != NULL){
slow = slow->next;
fast = fast->next->next;
if(slow == fast) //slow和fast记录相遇点
break;
}
if(fast == NULL || fast->next == NULL){
return NULL;
}
slow = head; //slow指回链表头
while(slow != fast){
slow = slow->next;
fast = fast->next;
}
return slow;
}
};