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// Author: Rodney Shaghoulian
// Github: github.com/RodneyShag
// HackerRank: hackerrank.com/RodneyShag
/*
Detect a cycle in a linked list. Note that the head pointer may be 'null' if the list is empty.
A Node is defined as:
class Node {
int data;
Node next;
}
*/
/* If "slow" and "fast" collide, we must have a cycle */
boolean hasCycle(Node head) {
if (head == null)
return false;
Node slow = head; // moves 1 Node at a time
Node fast = head; // moves 2 Nodes at a time
while (fast != null && fast.next != null) {
slow = slow.next;
fast = fast.next.next;
if (slow == fast) {
return true; // since "slow" and "fast" collided
}
}
return false;
}