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HackerRank - Find Merge Point of two linked list
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/* | |
Find merge point of two linked lists | |
Node is defined as | |
struct Node | |
{ | |
int data; | |
Node* next; | |
} | |
*/ | |
int getLength(Node *head) | |
{ | |
if(head==NULL) | |
return 0; | |
int count = 0; | |
while(head!=NULL) | |
{ | |
head = head->next; | |
count++; | |
} | |
return count; | |
} | |
int FindMergeNode(Node *headA, Node *headB) | |
{ | |
// Complete this function | |
// Do not write the main method. | |
int len1 = getLength(headA); | |
int len2 = getLength(headB); | |
int longerOne=len1>=len2?len1:len2; | |
int shortOne =len1<len2?len1:len2; | |
if(len1< len2) | |
{ | |
Node* tmp = headA; | |
headA = headB; | |
headB = tmp; | |
} | |
// headA longer one | |
for(int i=0;i<longerOne - shortOne; i++) | |
{ | |
headA = headA->next; | |
} | |
for(int i=0; i<shortOne; i++) | |
{ | |
if(headA->data == headB->data) | |
return headA->data; | |
headA = headA->next; | |
headB = headB->next; | |
} | |
return -1; | |
} |
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