Gas stations along circular route, return where to start to complete 1 trip
Ex. gas = [1,2,3,4,5] cost = [3,4,5,1,2] -> index 3 (station 4), tank = 4,8,7,6,5
At a start station, if total ever becomes negative won't work, try next station
Time: O(n)
Space: O(1)
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class Solution {
public:
int canCompleteCircuit(vector<int>& gas, vector<int>& cost) {
int n = gas.size();
int totalGas = 0;
int totalCost = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
totalGas += gas[i];
totalCost += cost[i];
}
if (totalGas < totalCost) {
return -1;
}
int total = 0;
int result = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
total += gas[i] - cost[i];
if (total < 0) {
total = 0;
result = i + 1;
}
}
return result;
}
};