题目:
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.
思路:
思路1:通过两层循环,依次从某个点出发并测试是否能够运行一圈。时间复杂度为O(n2),不满足要求。 思路2:首先确认gas总和大于cost,因此判断能够绕圈。接下来寻找起始位置,我们可以借鉴归并排序的思路,如果某一段路gas>cost,则这段路剩余的油量可以支撑其他路段。因此问题变化为找到某个节点,在它之前的路段剩余油量为负,而从它开始到整个队列结束剩余油量为正(正油量可以不足前面路段的不足油量)。时间可以在O(n)完成。
代码:
思路1:
class Solution {
public:
int canCompleteCircuit(vector<int> &gas, vector<int> &cost) {
for(int j=0;j<gas.size();j++)
{
int tank = 0;
bool work = true;
int i=j;
do
{
tank+=gas[i];
tank-=cost[i];
if(tank < 0)
{
work = false;
break;
}
i=(i+1)%gas.size();
}while(i!=j);
if(work)
{
return j;
}
}
return -1;
}
};
思路2:
class Solution {
public:
int canCompleteCircuit(vector<int> &gas, vector<int> &cost) {
vector<int> remainder;
int sum =0;
for(int i = 0; i < gas.size(); i++)
{
remainder.push_back(gas[i]-cost[i]);
sum += gas[i]-cost[i];
}
if(sum < 0)
{
return -1;
}
else
{
int start;
int cur = 0;
do
{
start = cur;
int tmp = remainder[cur++];
while(tmp >= 0 && cur<gas.size())
{
tmp += remainder[cur++];
if(tmp < 0)
{
break;
}
}
if(tmp >= 0 && cur == gas.size())
{
return start;
}
}while(cur<gas.size());
return -1;
}
}
};