Given a linked list, return the node where the cycle begins. If there is no cycle, return null
.
To represent a cycle in the given linked list, we use an integer pos
which represents the position (0-indexed) in the linked list where tail connects to. If pos
is -1
, then there is no cycle in the linked list.
Note: Do not modify the linked list.
Example 1:
Input: head = [3,2,0,-4], pos = 1Output: tail connects to node index 1Explanation: There is a cycle in the linked list, where tail connects to the second node.
Example 2:
Input: head = [1,2], pos = 0Output: tail connects to node index 0Explanation: There is a cycle in the linked list, where tail connects to the first node.
Example 3:
Input: head = [1], pos = -1Output: no cycleExplanation: There is no cycle in the linked list.
Follow-up:
Can you solve it without using extra space?判断环的起始位置,我们还是设置两个不同步长的指针,步长相差为1,经理M步之后相遇,M即为圈的长度。然后我们将两个指针重置为head。其中一个p指针用于定位,另一个q用于遍历,当遍历指针经过M步遍历后回到p,则p为循环开始处。
/** * Definition for singly-linked list. * struct ListNode { * int val; * ListNode *next; * ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(NULL) {} * }; */class Solution {public: ListNode *detectCycle(ListNode *head) { ListNode *p=head; ListNode *q=head; int counter=0; while(p!=NULL&&p->next!=NULL) { p=p->next->next; q=q->next; counter++; if(p==q){ p=head; q=head; while(1) { for(int i=0;inext; if(p==q) return p; else { p=p->next; q=p; } } } } return NULL; }};