An array A consisting of N integers is given. A list is constructed from this array as follows

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

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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