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Feat: lesson 8 linked list cycle #231

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Expand Up @@ -14,6 +14,24 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
}

public static boolean containsCycle(LinkedListNode head) {
// (If Linked List is empty == null, or if head doesn't have refrence == null),(if LinkedList
// only has one node == null because head.next would be invalid)
if (head == null || head.next == null) {
return false;
}
LinkedListNode slow = head;
LinkedListNode fast = head.next;
// if "fast" reaches end of list == null
while (fast != null && fast.next != null) {
// if "fast" cathces up to "slow" == cycle, return true
if (slow == fast) {
return true;
}
}
// Slow. next == advance one at a time, fast.next.next == advance two at a time.
slow = slow.next;
fast = fast.next.next;

return false;
}

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