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    [LeetCode 141] Linked List Cycle

    Published Apr 03, 2022 [  LinkedList  ]

    Problem

    Given head, the head of a linked list, determine if the linked list has a cycle in it.

    There is a cycle in a linked list if there is some node in the list that can be reached again by continuously following the next pointer. Internally, pos is used to denote the index of the node that tail’s next pointer is connected to. Note that pos is not passed as a parameter.

    Return true if there is a cycle in the linked list. Otherwise, return false.

    Example 1:

    Input: head = [3,2,0,-4], pos = 1
    Output: true
    Explanation: There is a cycle in the linked list, where the tail connects to the 1st node (0-indexed).
    

    Example 2:

    Input: head = [1,2], pos = 0
    Output: true
    Explanation: There is a cycle in the linked list, where the tail connects to the 0th node.
    

    Example 3:

    Input: head = [1], pos = -1
    Output: false
    Explanation: There is no cycle in the linked list.
    

    Constraints:

    • The number of the nodes in the list is in the range [0, 10^4].
    • -105 <= Node.val <= 105
    • pos is -1 or a valid index in the linked-list.

    Follow up: Can you solve it using O(1) (i.e. constant) memory?

    Thoughts

    • We can have two pointers, slow & fast, slow moves by 1 node, fast moves by 2 nodes
    • If they meet at the same node, there is a cycle.

    TypeScript

    /**
     * Definition for singly-linked list.
     * class ListNode {
     *     val: number
     *     next: ListNode | null
     *     constructor(val?: number, next?: ListNode | null) {
     *         this.val = (val===undefined ? 0 : val)
     *         this.next = (next===undefined ? null : next)
     *     }
     * }
     */
    
    function hasCycle(head: ListNode | null): boolean {
        let slow: ListNode = head, fast: ListNode = head;
        
        while(fast && fast.next){
            slow = slow.next
            fast = fast.next.next
            if(slow === fast) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        
        return false;
    };
    

    Reference