Write a program to find the node at which the intersection of two singly linked lists begins.
For example, the following two linked lists:
A: a1 → a2 ↘ c1 → c2 → c3 ↗ B: b1 → b2 → b3
begin to intersect at node c1.
Notes:
- If the two linked lists have no intersection at all, return
null
. - The linked lists must retain their original structure after the function returns.
- You may assume there are no cycles anywhere in the entire linked structure.
- Your code should preferably run in O(n) time and use only O(1) memory.
Credits:
Special thanks to @stellari for adding this problem and creating all test cases.
/** * Definition for singly-linked list. * struct ListNode { * int val; * ListNode *next; * ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(NULL) {} * }; */ class Solution { public: ListNode *getIntersectionNode(ListNode *headA, ListNode *headB) { int lenA=0,lenB=0; ListNode *tempA=headA; ListNode *tempB=headB; while(tempA){ lenA++; tempA=tempA->next; } while(tempB){ lenB++; tempB=tempB->next; } while(lenA>lenB){ headA=headA->next; lenA--; } while(lenB>lenA){ headB=headB->next; lenB--; } while(headA != headB){ headA=headA->next; headB=headB->next; } return headA; } };