求链表中环的入口

链表中没环就返回NULL

有就返回环的入口


三种基本思路:

1、快慢指针找到环内的一个node,然后从链表头開始。对于每个node,看它在不在环中

2、用map存一下訪问过的节点地址,看当前node的地址是否在map中

3、事实上。经过计算,对于1中,快慢指针相遇的地方,再開始以慢指针開始走。

还有一方面,在链表的头部也用一个慢指针開始走,二者相遇的地方便是环的入口

(代码并未进行执行验证)


typedef struct node
{
	int data;
	struct node * next;
}listNode;


//find the first node in the cycle
//1.step into the circle first and then for every node, take a loop to make sure
//2.store the previous node and compare with the cunrrent node (what structure to store?)
//3.after computation,while using slow and fast pointer,
// we can get that a slow pointer at the begining and another one 
// at the encounter position will meet at the entrance of the cycle 
listNode *findFirstNodeInCycle1(listNode *pHead)
{
	listNode *pFast=pHead;
	listNode *pSlow=pHead;

	while(pFast!=NULL&&pFast->next!=NULL)
	{
		pFast=pFast->next->next;
		pSlow=pSlow->next;
		if(pSlow==pFast)
			break;
	}

	if(pFast==NULL||pFast->next==NULL)
		return NULL;

	//now the nodes are in the loop
	//begin with the head
	while(pHead)
	{
		
		pSlow=pSlow->next;
		while(pSlow)
		{
			if(pSlow==pHead)
				return pHead;
			if(pSlow==pFast)
				break;		
			pSlow=pSlow->next;
		}
		pHead=pHead->next;
	}
}

//store in a map?

good or not? listNode *findFirstNodeInCycle2(listNode *pHead) { if(pHead==NULL) return; listNode *temp=pHead-next; map<int,char> storeMap; map[int(pHead)]=' '; while(teamp!=NULL&&storeMap.find(temp)==storeMap.end()) { storeMap[int(temp)]=' '; temp=temp->next; } return temp; } listNode *findFirstNodeInCycle3(listNode *pHead) { listNode *pFast=pHead; listNode *pSlow=pHead; while(pFast!=NULL&&pFast->next!=NULL) { pFast=pFast->next->next; pSlow=pSlow->next; if(pFast==pSlow) { listNode *pSlow2=pHead; while(pSlow2!=pSlow) { pSLow=pSlow->next; pSlow2=pSlow2->next; } return pSlow; } } return NULL; }



原文地址:https://www.cnblogs.com/bhlsheji/p/5249404.html