問題描述:
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.
解決思路:
將start放在最後一個加油站,end放在第一個。從start出發,如果油量可以走到下一站,就向後走(end++,代表耗油),如果油量不夠了,start要向後退(start--,代表去加油)。如果start和end重合的時候還有油(>=0),題目又規定了一定是唯一解,這就說明當前start位置就是要求的位置,如果油量不夠(<0)則無解,返回-1。
具體實現:
class Solution {
public:
int canCompleteCircuit(vector<int> &gas, vector<int> &cost) {
int start = gas.size()-1;
int end = 0;
int sum = gas[start] - cost[start];
while(start > end){
if(sum > 0){
sum += gas[end];
sum -= cost[end];
end++;
}else{
start--;
sum += gas[start];
sum -= cost[start];
}
}
return (sum >= 0)? start : -1;
}
};
參考了大神們的做法,真的巧妙!繼續加油鴨,編程能力會變好的!會變強的!