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.
/** * 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) { <span style="white-space:pre"> </span>int lenA = 0; int lenB = 0; ListNode *head1 = headA; <span style="white-space:pre"> </span>ListNode *head2 = headB; while (head1!=NULL) { head1 = head1->next; lenA++; } while (head2!=NULL) { head2 = head2->next; lenB++; } int n; if (lenA < lenB) { n = lenB - lenA; head1 = headA; head2 = headB; for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { head2 = head2->next; } } else { n = lenA - lenB; head1 = headA; head2 = headB; for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { head1 = head1->next; } } while (head1 != head2) { head1 = head1->next; head2 = head2->next; } return head1; } };