Bucle en la lista vinculada individualmente
/*
This is an implementation that shows how
to efficiently find the node from which
a loop originates in a singly linked list
that contains one.
Let n be the number of nodes in the list.
Time complexity: O(n)
Space complexity: O(1)
*/
public class FindLoop {
private ListNode head;
public FindLoop() {
/*
* Create below linked list
* 0 -> 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4 -> 2
*/
head = new ListNode(0, null);
ListNode loopNode = null, prev = head, temp;
for (int i = 1; i <= 4; i++) {
temp = new ListNode(i, null);
if (i == 2) {
loopNode = temp;
}
prev.next = temp;
prev = temp;
}
prev.next = loopNode;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
FindLoop application = new FindLoop();
ListNode middleNode = application.findLoopNode();
System.out.println(middleNode.val); // 2
}
// Two pointers are maintained, namely fastPtr and slowPtr.
// fastPtr advances by 2 steps every time
// while the slow one by 1 step only.
public ListNode findLoopNode() {
ListNode slowPtr = head, fastPtr = head;
// Loop until the fastPtr reaches the slowPtr
while (fastPtr != null && fastPtr.next != null) {
slowPtr = slowPtr.next;
fastPtr = fastPtr.next.next;
if (slowPtr == fastPtr) {
break;
}
}
// Reset the slowPtr to head
slowPtr = head;
// Loop until they cross again.
while (slowPtr != fastPtr) {
slowPtr = slowPtr.next;
fastPtr = fastPtr.next;
}
return fastPtr;
}
// Class representing a linked list node
// with pointers to value and next node
private class ListNode {
int val;
ListNode next;
ListNode(int val, ListNode next) {
this.val = val;
this.next = next;
}
}
}
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