/* Author: King, wangjingui@outlook.com Date: Jan 02, 2015 Problem: Linked List Cycle II Difficulty: Easy Source: http://oj.leetcode.com/problems/linked-list-cycle-ii/ Notes: Given a linked list, return the node where the cycle begins. If there is no cycle, return null. Follow up: Can you solve it without using extra space? Solution: ... */ /** * Definition for singly-linked list. * class ListNode { * int val; * ListNode next; * ListNode(int x) { * val = x; * next = null; * } * } */ public class Solution { public ListNode detectCycle(ListNode head) { if (head == null || head.next == null) return null; ListNode slow = head, fast = head; while (fast != null && fast.next != null) { slow = slow.next; fast = fast.next.next; if (slow == fast) break; } if (fast == null || fast.next == null) return null; slow = head; while (slow != fast) { slow = slow.next; fast = fast.next; } return slow; } }