Thursday, July 9, 2015

Linked List Cycle

Given a linked list, determine if it has a cycle in it.

Have you met this question in a real interview? 
Yes
Example
Given -21->10->4->5, tail connects to node index 1, return true

Challenge
Follow up:
Can you solve it without using extra space?
/**
 * Definition for ListNode.
 * public class ListNode {
 *     int val;
 *     ListNode next;
 *     ListNode(int val) {
 *         this.val = val;
 *         this.next = null;
 *     }
 * }
 */ 
public class Solution {
    /**
     * @param head: The first node of linked list.
     * @return: True if it has a cycle, or false
     */
    public boolean hasCycle(ListNode head) {  
        // write your code here
        ListNode slow = head, fast = head;
        while(fast != null && fast.next != null){
            fast = fast.next.next;
            slow = slow.next;
            if(fast == slow)
                return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
}

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