题目分析
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.
解题思路
由上图我们来进行分析,我们定义reminder表示从一个站点到下一个站点时剩余的油量,初始为0。
如果要满足题目要求,则应需要满足以下条件:
- 对于每一段路程,reminder>=0;
- 对于每一段路程,remainder + gas[j % len] >= cost[j % len];
- 若想完成一圈,则应从起始站点i环绕一圈再走到i,且满足上述的两点;
这时我们很容想到通过循环n次,并在每次循环中开始遍历,看能否满足上述3点。这样想是非常正确的,但是你是否觉得有点问题?
对,这样做会超时,为什么呢?
我们来考虑,如果从0到i走不通,在i处中断,那么从1、2、3、i-1到i能否走通呢?答案是否定的,仔细想明白这一点我们就可以简化循环,节省时间。具体请看代码。
代码
public int canCompleteCircuit(int[] gas, int[] cost) {
int len = gas.length;
int remainder = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
int j = i;
while (j != len + i) {
if (remainder >= 0 && remainder + gas[j % len] >= cost[j % len]) {
remainder = remainder + gas[j % len] - cost[j % len];
j++;
} else {
i = j;
break;
}
}
if (j == len + i) {
return i;
}
}
return -1;
}