[leetcode]141. Linked List Cycle判断链表是否循环

Given a linked list, determine if it has a cycle in it.

Follow up:
Can you solve it without using extra space?

题意：

给定一个链表，判断是否循环

思路：

快慢指针

若有环，则快慢指针一定会在某个节点相遇(此处省略证明)

代码：

public class Solution {
    public boolean hasCycle(ListNode head) {
        ListNode fast = head;
        ListNode slow = head;
        while(fast != null && fast.next != null){
            fast = fast.next.next;
            slow = slow.next;
            if(fast == slow) return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
}

二刷

思路

---

If there is no cycle, the fast pointer will stop at the end of the linked list.

If there is a cycle, the fast pointer will eventually meet with the slow pointer.

For each iteration, the fast pointer will move one extra step. If the length of the cycle is M, after M iterations, the fast pointer will definitely move one more cycle and catch up with the slow pointer.

public class Solution {
    public boolean hasCycle(ListNode head) {
        // corner case 
        if(head == null) return false;
        
        ListNode fast = head;
        ListNode slow = head;
        while(fast.next!= null){  /*此处遗漏了fast!=null导致报错*/
            fast = fast.next.next;
            slow = slow.next;
            if(slow == fast){
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;    
    }
}

这个test case表明了fast在为null的时候，就禁止进入while循环内部了，否则会导致fast.next.next没有指向。