Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Linked List Cycle II -- Leetcode

Question:
Given a linked list, return the node where the cycle begins. If there is no cycle, return null.
Follow up:
Can you solve it without using extra space?
Answer:
class Solution {
public:
    ListNode *detectCycle(ListNode *head) {
        ListNode *slow=head, *fast=head;
    
       while(slow&&fast&&fast->next){
            slow=slow->next;
            fast=fast->next->next;
            if(slow==fast)
                break;
        }
        
        if(!slow||!fast||!fast->next){
            return NULL;
        }
        
        slow=head;
        while(slow!=fast){
            slow=slow->next;
            fast=fast->next;
        }
        return slow;
    }
};

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