An array A consisting of N integers is given. A list is constructed from this array as follows:
the first node (the head) is located at index 0;
the value of a node located at index K is A[K];
the successor of a node located at index K is located at index A[K];
if the value of a node is −1 then it is the last node of the list.
For example, for array A such that:
A[0] = 1 A[1] = 4 A[2] = -1
A[3] = 3 A[4] = 2
the following list is constructed:
the first node (the head) is located at index 0 and has a value of 1;
the second node is located at index 1 and has a value of 4;
the third node is located at index 4 and has a value of 2;
the fourth node is located at index 2 and has a value of −1.
Write a function:
int solution(int A[], int N);
that, given a non-empty zero-indexed array A consisting of N integers, returns the length of the list constructed from A in the above manner.
Assume that:
N is an integer within the range [1..200,000];
each element of array A is an integer within the range [−1..200,000];
it will always be possible to construct the list and its length will be finite.
For example, given array A such that:
A[0] = 1 A[1] = 4 A[2] = -1
A[3] = 3 A[4] = 2
the function should return 4, as explained in the example above.
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