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) {}
* };
*/
class Solution {
public:
bool hasCycle(ListNode *head, ListNode **pNode) {
if (head == NULL || head->next == NULL)
return false;
ListNode *pHead = head, *pAfter = head;
while (pHead != NULL && pHead->next != NULL) {
pHead = pHead->next->next;
pAfter = pAfter->next;
if (pHead == pAfter)
break;
}
*pNode = pHead;
if (pHead == pAfter)
return true;
else
return false;
}
ListNode *detectCycle(ListNode *head) {
ListNode *pNode = NULL, *pHead = head;
if (hasCycle(head, &pNode)) {
while (pNode != pHead) {
pNode = pNode->next;
pHead = pHead->next;
}
return pHead;
}
else
return NULL;
}
};