[LC] 142. Linked List Cycle II

Posted 2021-03-22 xuanlu

Given a linked list, return the node where the cycle begins. If there is no cycle, return null.

To represent a cycle in the given linked list, we use an integer pos which represents the position (0-indexed) in the linked list where tail connects to. If pos is -1, then there is no cycle in the linked list.

Note: Do not modify the linked list.

 

/**
 * Definition for singly-linked list.
 * class ListNode {
 *     int val;
 *     ListNode next;
 *     ListNode(int x) {
 *         val = x;
 *         next = null;
 *     }
 * }
 */
public class Solution {
    public ListNode detectCycle(ListNode head) {
        if (head == null || head.next == null) {
            return null;
        }
        ListNode fast = head;
        ListNode slow = head;
        while(fast != null && fast.next != null) {
            slow = slow.next;
            fast = fast.next.next;
            if (slow == fast) {
                // get the entry point when cur and slow meet
                ListNode cur = head;
                while(cur != slow) {
                    cur = cur.next;
                    slow = slow.next;
                }
                return slow;
            }
        }
        return null;
    }
}