Given the head
of a linked list, return the node where the cycle begins. If there is no cycle, return null
.
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 (0-indexed). It is -1
if there is no cycle. Note that pos
is not passed as a parameter.
Do not modify the linked list.
Example
Input: head = [3,2,0,-4], pos = 1
Output: tail connects to node index 1
Explanation: There is a cycle in the linked list, where tail connects to the second node.
Solution
/**
* Definition for singly-linked list.
* function ListNode(val) {
* this.val = val;
* this.next = null;
* }
*/
/**
* @param {ListNode} head
* @return {ListNode}
*/
var detectCycle = function (head) {
// If head is empty return null
if (!head) return null;
if (!head.next) return null;
// Set slow and fast to head
let slow = head;
let fast = head;
let pointer = head;
// While fast and fast.next are not null
while (fast && fast.next) {
fast = fast.next.next;
slow = slow.next;
if (fast === slow) break;
}
if (fast !== slow) return null;
while (pointer !== slow) {
pointer = pointer.next;
slow = slow.next;
}
return slow;
};