There areNgas stations along a circular route, where the amount of gas at stationiisgas[i]
.
You have a car with an unlimited gas tank and it costscost[i]
of gas to travel from stationito 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.
tag: two pointer
class Solution {
public int canCompleteCircuit(int[] gas, int[] cost) {
int n = gas.length;
int start = n - 1, 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;
}
}