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Detect Cycle In Linked List

Medium Acceptance 65.00% Points 30.00

You are given the head of a singly linked list. Your task is to determine whether the linked list contains a cycle. Return true if a cycle exists; otherwise, return false.

Examples
Example 1

Example 1

Input: head = [3,2,0,-4], pos = 1

Output: true

Explanation: The last node points to the node at index 1, forming a cycle.

Example 2

Example 2

Input: head = [1,2], pos = 0

Output: true

Explanation: The last node points back to the first node, forming a cycle.

Example 3

Example 3

Input: head = [1], pos = -1

Output: false

Explanation: The linked list has no cycle.

Hints
Hint 1
N/A
Constraints
  • 1 = Number of nodes = 105
  • -10? = Node.data = 10?
Companies
Microsoft
Topics
Linked List
Solution.cs C#JavaPythonC++Javascript

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