[leetcode] 134. Gas Station

本文探讨了一个经典的加油站路径问题,给出了一种高效的算法解决方案。通过分析加油站的油量和行驶成本,算法能找出从哪个加油站出发可以顺时针完成一圈旅行。文章提供了两种不同的算法思路,并附带了详细的代码实现。

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Description

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 in the clockwise direction, otherwise return -1.

Note:

If there exists a solution, it is guaranteed to be unique.
Both input arrays are non-empty and have the same length.
Each element in the input arrays is a non-negative integer.
Example 1:

Input: 
gas  = [1,2,3,4,5]
cost = [3,4,5,1,2]

Output: 3

Explanation:
Start at station 3 (index 3) and fill up with 4 unit of gas. Your tank = 0 + 4 = 4
Travel to station 4. Your tank = 4 - 1 + 5 = 8
Travel to station 0. Your tank = 8 - 2 + 1 = 7
Travel to station 1. Your tank = 7 - 3 + 2 = 6
Travel to station 2. Your tank = 6 - 4 + 3 = 5
Travel to station 3. The cost is 5. Your gas is just enough to travel back to station 3.
Therefore, return 3 as the starting index.

Example 2:

Input: 
gas  = [2,3,4]
cost = [3,4,3]

Output: -1

Explanation:
You can't start at station 0 or 1, as there is not enough gas to travel to the next station.
Let's start at station 2 and fill up with 4 unit of gas. Your tank = 0 + 4 = 4
Travel to station 0. Your tank = 4 - 3 + 2 = 3
Travel to station 1. Your tank = 3 - 3 + 3 = 3
You cannot travel back to station 2, as it requires 4 unit of gas but you only have 3.
Therefore, you can't travel around the circuit once no matter where you start.

分析一

题目的意思是:给你一堆加油站,和去每个加油站的消耗,要求找到从某个位置开始能够顺时针遍历一圈。

  • 记录最后一个加起来小于零的索引,然后返回这个索引+1就是答案了。

代码一

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

分析二

  • 从start出发,如果油量够,可以一直向后走end++;油量不够的时候,
    start向后退,最终start==end的时候,如果有解一定是当前start所在位置。

代码二

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]-cost[end];
                end++;                
            }else{
                start--;
                sum+=gas[start]-cost[start];   
            }
        }
        return sum>=0 ? start:-1;
    }
};

Python实现

如果x到达不了y+1,那么x-y之间的点也不可能到达y+1,因为中间任何一点的油都是拥有前面的余量的,所以下次遍历直接从y+1开始

class Solution:
    def canCompleteCircuit(self, gas: List[int], cost: List[int]) -> int:
        total = 0
        cur = 0
        res = 0
        for i in range(len(gas)):
            total += gas[i]-cost[i]
            cur += gas[i]-cost[i]
            if cur<0:
                cur=0
                res = i+1
        if total>=0:
            return res
        else:
            return -1

参考文献

[编程题]gas-station
原LeetCode Gas Station 两个特性,两种方法完美解答-更新证明方法

### LeetCode 134 Gas Station 解决方案与解释 对于LeetCode上的Gas Station问题,目标是从起点出发环绕一圈回到原点,在此过程中车辆的油箱中的汽油量不能为负数。给定两个数组`gas`和`cost`,其中`gas[i]`表示可以在第i个加油站获得的汽油数量,而`cost[i]`则代表从站点i行驶到下一个站点所需的燃油消耗。 为了找到可以完成环形旅行的起始站索引,如果总加油量大于等于总的耗油量,则至少存在一个有效的起始位置;否则返回-1表明无法完成旅程[^1]。算法的核心在于遍历每一个可能作为起点的位置,并尝试模拟整个行程来验证该起点是否可行。当遇到不足以支撑到达下一站的情况时立即停止并标记当前节点之后的一个新起点继续上述过程直到遍历结束或成功找到合法路径为止。 下面是一个Python实现的例子: ```python def canCompleteCircuit(gas, cost): n = len(gas) total_tank, curr_tank = 0, 0 starting_station = 0 for i in range(n): total_tank += gas[i] - cost[i] curr_tank += gas[i] - cost[i] # If one couldn't get here, if curr_tank < 0: # Pick up the next station as the starting one. starting_station = i + 1 # Start with an empty tank. curr_tank = 0 return starting_station if total_tank >= 0 else -1 ``` 这段代码通过一次循环完成了对所有潜在起点的评估工作,时间复杂度O(N),空间复杂度O(1)[^2]。它不仅考虑到了寻找合适的起点这一需求,同时也确保了整体上能够有足够的燃料支持完整的环路运行。
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