Write a program to find the node at which the intersection of two singly linked lists begins.
For example, the following two linked lists:
A: a1 → a2 ↘ c1 → c2 → c3 ↗ B: b1 → b2 → b3
begin to intersect at node c1.
Notes:
- If the two linked lists have no intersection at all, return
null
. - The linked lists must retain their original structure after the function returns.
- You may assume there are no cycles anywhere in the entire linked structure.
- Your code should preferably run in O(n) time and use only O(1) memory.
* Definition for singly-linked list.
* struct ListNode {
* int val;
* ListNode *next;
* ListNode(int x) : val(x), next(NULL) {}
* };
*/
class Solution {
public:
int getlen(ListNode *l1)
{
if(!l1)
return 0;
int count=0;
while(l1)
{
l1=l1->next;
count++;
}
return count;
}
ListNode *getIntersectionNode(ListNode *headA, ListNode *headB) {
if(!headA||!headB)
return NULL;
int lenA=getlen(headA);
int lenB=getlen(headB);
if(lenA<lenB)
{
for(int i=0;i<lenB-lenA;i++)
{
headB=headB->next;
}
}
else
{
for(int i=0;i<lenA-lenB;i++)
{
headA=headA->next;
}
}
while(headA&&headB&&headA->val!=headB->val)
{
headA=headA->next;
headB=headB->next;
}
return headA&&headB?headA:NULL;
}
};