Skip to content
Merged
Changes from all commits
Commits
File filter

Filter by extension

Filter by extension

Conversations
Failed to load comments.
Loading
Jump to
Jump to file
Failed to load files.
Loading
Diff view
Diff view
70 changes: 70 additions & 0 deletions Domains/CompetitiveProgramming/Programs/C++/LinkedListCycle.cpp
Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
/*
Problem: Linked List Cycle II
Platform: Leetcode
Problem Code: 142
Difficulty: Medium
Link: https://leetcode.com/problems/linked-list-cycle-ii/description/

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

There is a cycle in a linked list if there is some node in the list that can be reached again by continuously following the next pointer. Internally, pos is used to denote the index of the node that tail's next pointer is connected to (0-indexed). It is -1 if there is no cycle. Note that pos is not passed as a parameter.

Do not modify the linked list.



Example 1:
Input: head = [3,2,0,-4], pos = 1
Output: tail connects to node index 1
Explanation: There is a cycle in the linked list, where tail connects to the second node.

Example 2:
Input: head = [1,2], pos = 0
Output: tail connects to node index 0
Explanation: There is a cycle in the linked list, where tail connects to the first node.

Example 3:
Input: head = [1], pos = -1
Output: no cycle
Explanation: There is no cycle in the linked list.

Constraints:
* The number of the nodes in the list is in the range [0, 104].
* -105 <= Node.val <= 105
* pos is -1 or a valid index in the linked-list.

Approach:
1. Created a map weith its key as Node, and value as int.
2. We measure how many time a node is being accesed.
3. If frequency of arrivals is more than 1, then we have a cycle.
Time Complexity: O(n)
Space Complexity: O(n)

Contributor: SamaKool
*/

/**
* Definition for singly-linked list.
* struct ListNode {
* int val;
* ListNode *next;
* ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(NULL) {}
* };
*/
class Solution {
public:
ListNode *detectCycle(ListNode *head) {
ListNode* temp = head;
map<ListNode*, int> mpp;
if(head == NULL) return NULL;
if(head->next == NULL) return NULL;
while(mpp[temp] != 2){
if(temp->next == nullptr) return NULL;
mpp[temp]++;
temp = temp->next;
}
if(mpp[temp] == 2) return temp;
else return NULL;

}
};
Loading