Algorithm


Problem Name: 141. Linked List Cycle

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, 104].
  • -105 <= Node.val <= 105
  • pos is -1 or a valid index in the linked-list.

Code Examples

#1 Code Example with C Programming

Code - C Programming


bool hasCycle(struct ListNode *head) {
    struct ListNode *n, *nn;
    
    if (!head) return false;
    
    n = nn = head;
    do {
       n = n->next;           // one step
       nn = nn->next;
       if (nn) nn = nn->next;  // two steps
    } while (nn && n != nn);
    
    if (nn) return true;
    
    return false;
}
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Input

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head = [3,2,0,-4], pos = 1

Output

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true

#2 Code Example with C++ Programming

Code - C++ Programming


class Solution {
public:
    bool hasCycle(ListNode *head) {
        auto one = head, two = head;
        while(two && two->next){
            one = one->next;
            two = two->next->next;
            if(one == two) return true;
        }
        return false;
    }
};
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head = [3,2,0,-4], pos = 1

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true

#3 Code Example with Java Programming

Code - Java Programming


public class Solution {
  public boolean hasCycle(ListNode head) {
    ListNode slow = head;
    ListNode fast = head;
    while (fast != null && fast.next != null) {
      slow = slow.next;
      fast = fast.next.next;
      if (slow == fast) {
        return true;
      }
    }
    return false;
  }
}
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head = [1,2], pos = 0

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true

#4 Code Example with Javascript Programming

Code - Javascript Programming


const hasCycle = function(head) {
  const seen = []
  while(head != null) {
        if(seen.indexOf(head) !== -1) {
          return true
        } else {
          seen.push(head)
        }
        head = head.next
  }
  return false
};
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head = [1,2], pos = 0

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true

#5 Code Example with Python Programming

Code - Python Programming


class Solution:
    def hasCycle(self, head: ListNode) -> bool:
        slow, fast = head, head.next if head else None
        while slow != None and fast != None:
            if slow == fast:
                return True
            slow, fast = slow.next, fast.next.next if fast.next else None
        return False
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head = [1], pos = -1false

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false

#6 Code Example with C# Programming

Code - C# Programming


namespace LeetCode
{
    public class _0141_LinkedListCycle
    {
        public bool HasCycle(ListNode head)
        {
            if (head == null || head.next == null) return false;

            ListNode slow = head, fast = head.next;
            while (slow != fast)
            {
                if (fast == null || fast.next == null) return false;
                slow = slow.next;
                fast = fast.next.next;
            }

            return true;
        }
    }
}
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head = [1], pos = -1

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false
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