/* Author: Andy, nkuwjg@gmail.com Date: Jan 3, 2015 Problem: Gas Station Difficulty: Easy Source: http://oj.leetcode.com/problems/gas-station/ Notes: There are N gas stations along a circular route, where the amount of gas at station i is gas[i]. You have a car with an unlimited gas tank and it costs cost[i] of gas to travel from station i to its next station (i+1). You begin the journey with an empty tank at one of the gas stations. Return the starting gas station's index if you can travel around the circuit once, otherwise return -1. The solution is guaranteed to be unique. Solution: ... */ public class Solution { public int canCompleteCircuit(int[] gas, int[] cost) { int N = gas.length; int res = 0, min = gas[0] - cost[0], sum = min; for (int i = 1; i < N; ++i) { sum += gas[i] - cost[i]; if (sum < min) { min = sum; res = i; } } return sum >= 0 ? (res + 1) % N : -1; } }