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.
O(N)算法分析:
假设现在的起始点是i, 从i能到j - 1但是到不了j,那么我们可以判断出从i+1 .. j - 1的任意一点出发都没有办法到 j
实际上,这是因为因为i 能到 i+1说明,gas[i] - cost[i]是>=0 的,也就是对油箱有所贡献,减去之后就更没有办法到j了。
所以说如果j 到不了,我们就直接可以把起始点推到j + 1
class Solution {
public:
int canCompleteCircuit(vector<int> &gas, vector<int> &cost) {
int n = gas.size();
if(!n) {
return -1;
}
int start = 0;
int left = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < n - 1; ++i){
left = left + gas[i] - cost[i];
if(left < 0){
left = 0;
start = i + 1;
}
}
left = 0;
for(int i = 0; i < n; ++i){
left = left + gas[(start + i) % n] - cost[(start + i) % n];
if(left < 0){
return -1;
}
}
return start;
}
};