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authorVincent Ambo <mail@tazj.in>2021-12-13T22·51+0300
committerVincent Ambo <mail@tazj.in>2021-12-13T23·15+0300
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tree76a857f61aa88f62a30e854651e8439db77fd0ea /users/wpcarro/scratch/facebook/intersecting-linked-lists.py
parent464bbcb15c09813172c79820bcf526bb10cf4208 (diff)
parent6123e976928ca3d8d93f0b2006b10b5f659eb74d (diff)
subtree(users/wpcarro): docking briefcase at '24f5a642' r/3226
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+class LinkedList(object):
+    def __init__(self, x):
+        self.val = x
+        self.next = None
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        if self.next:
+            return "{} -> {}".format(self.val, self.next)
+        return "{}".format(self.val)
+
+def find_intersection(a, b):
+    init_a, init_b = a, b
+
+    while a != b:
+        a = a.next if a.next else init_b
+        b = b.next if b.next else init_a
+
+    return a
+
+# make A...
+e1 = LinkedList(5)
+d1 = LinkedList(2); d1.next = e1
+c1 = LinkedList(3); c1.next = d1 # shared
+b1 = LinkedList(1); b1.next = c1 # shared
+a1 = LinkedList(4); a1.next = b1 # shared
+
+# make B...
+c2 = LinkedList(1); c2.next = c1
+b2 = LinkedList(5); b2.next = c2
+a2 = LinkedList(6); a2.next = b2
+
+print(a1)
+print(a2)
+print(find_intersection(a1, a2).val)