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:
由于答案唯一,所以,只能按照一个方向走(不需要考虑从i+1→i的情况)
考虑到从i出发,到达i+j之后无法前进,那么从i+i出发,最多也只能到达i+j,所以下次循环可以从i+j+1开始,JAVA实现如下:
public int canCompleteCircuit(int[] gas, int[] cost) { for (int i = 0; i < gas.length; i++) { int sum = gas[i] - cost[i]; int index = i, count = 0; while (sum >= 0) { if (++count == gas.length) return index; int j = ++i % gas.length; sum += gas[j] - cost[j]; } } return -1; }