160. Intersection of Two Linked Lists

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.
  找到相交的结点，很简单的题目，用双指针记录两个链表，如果相等则返回结点，如果没有则一直next下去，尽头没有next了就返回空。当其中一个指针走完的时候，就重定向到另外一个链表，这样子就可以让两个指针步数一致。在第二次迭代同时碰到交叉点结点。最后的时间复杂度是两个链表的长度之和，考虑最坏情况O(m+n)。例:A={1,2,3,4,5},B={6,7,8,3,4,5}。A的长度比B小，A先走完了，此时B走到4的位置，A重定向后在链表B的6的位置，此时B走到5，然后B重定向到A链表的位置1，最后两个指针距离交叉点3的步数一致。
  

  /**
   * Definition for singly-linked list.
   * struct ListNode {
   *     int val;
   *     struct ListNode *next;
   * };
   */
  struct ListNode *getIntersectionNode(struct ListNode *headA, struct ListNode *headB) {
      if(!headA || !headB)    return NULL;
      struct ListNode *pa=headA,*pb=headB;
      while(1){
          if(pa==pb)  
              return pa;
          else if(!pa->next && !pb->next) 
              return NULL;
          else{
              if(pa->next)    
                  pa=pa->next;
              else    
                  pa=headB;
              if(pb->next)
                  pb=pb->next;
              else
                  pb=headA;
          }
      } 
  }

  看到别的大神更简洁的写法,同样的原理:
  

  /**
   * Definition for singly-linked list.
   * struct ListNode {
   *     int val;
   *     struct ListNode *next;
   * };
   */
  struct ListNode *getIntersectionNode(struct ListNode *headA, struct ListNode *headB) {
      if(!headA || !headB)    return NULL;
      struct ListNode *pa=headA,*pb=headB;
      while(pa!=pb){
          pa=pa==NULL?headB:pa->next;
          pb=pb==NULL?headA:pb->next;
      }
      return pa;
  }