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.
Note:
The solution is guaranteed to be unique.
解题思路:
一、如果从 i 到 j 的时候理论计算气量刚好为负数,则 i ~ j 的加气站都不可以作为起点。
反证一下,从前往后去掉站,如果去掉的站能增加气,即正数,则结果更糟。如果去掉的站是负数,那么负数如果抵消了之前的正数,则在到 j 之前已经负数了,如果不能抵消之前的正数,那么结果还是更糟。
二、判断是否能成行:一个环的和为非负就可以。
假设环为正, 0 ~ j 刚好为负, j + 1 ~ k 刚好为负数,k + 1 之后为正,则 k + 1 为答案。
也反证一下,k + 1 出发,到gas.size() - 1都为正,则转回来到 j - 1 都会为正。如果到 j 时候为负,则整个环不可能为正,所以到 j 的时候也为正,剩下的一样。这样就能够成功转一圈。
代码:
class Solution { public: int canCompleteCircuit(vector<int> &gas, vector<int> &cost) { int gas_in_car = 0, ans = 0, total_remain_gas = 0; for (int i = 0; i < gas.size(); i++) { gas_in_car += (gas[i] - cost[i]); total_remain_gas += (gas[i] - cost[i]); if (gas_in_car < 0) { ans = i + 1; gas_in_car = 0; } } return total_remain_gas >= 0 ? ans : -1; } };