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.
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.
class Solution {
public:
int canCompleteCircuit(vector<int> &gas, vector<int> &cost)
{
int total = 0;
int size = gas.size();
vector<int> left (size,0);
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
{
left[i] = gas[i] - cost[i];
total += left[i];
}
if (total < 0) return -1;
int index = 0;
total = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < size; i++)
{
total += left[i];
if (total < 0)
{
index = i + 1;
total = 0;
}
}
return index;
}
};