"""
Task:
There are n gas stations along a circular route, where the amount of gas
at the ith station is gas_quantities[i].
You have a car with an unlimited gas tank and it costs costs[i] of gas
to travel from the ith station to its next (i + 1)th station.
You begin the journey with an empty tank at one of the gas stations.
Given two integer arrays gas_quantities and costs, return the starting
gas station's index if you can travel around the circuit once
in the clockwise direction otherwise, return -1.
If there exists a solution, it is guaranteed to be unique
Reference: https://leetcode.com/problems/gas-station/description
Implementation notes:
First, check whether the total gas is enough to complete the journey. If not, return -1.
However, if there is enough gas, it is guaranteed that there is a valid
starting index to reach the end of the journey.
Greedily calculate the net gain (gas_quantity - cost) at each station.
If the net gain ever goes below 0 while iterating through the stations,
start checking from the next station.
"""
from dataclasses import dataclass
@dataclass
class GasStation:
gas_quantity: int
cost: int
def get_gas_stations(
gas_quantities: list[int], costs: list[int]
) -> tuple[GasStation, ...]:
"""
This function returns a tuple of gas stations.
Args:
gas_quantities: Amount of gas available at each station
costs: The cost of gas required to move from one station to the next
Returns:
A tuple of gas stations
>>> gas_stations = get_gas_stations([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], [3, 4, 5, 1, 2])
>>> len(gas_stations)
5
>>> gas_stations[0]
GasStation(gas_quantity=1, cost=3)
>>> gas_stations[-1]
GasStation(gas_quantity=5, cost=2)
"""
return tuple(
GasStation(quantity, cost) for quantity, cost in zip(gas_quantities, costs)
)
def can_complete_journey(gas_stations: tuple[GasStation, ...]) -> int:
"""
This function returns the index from which to start the journey
in order to reach the end.
Args:
gas_quantities [list]: Amount of gas available at each station
cost [list]: The cost of gas required to move from one station to the next
Returns:
start [int]: start index needed to complete the journey
Examples:
>>> can_complete_journey(get_gas_stations([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], [3, 4, 5, 1, 2]))
3
>>> can_complete_journey(get_gas_stations([2, 3, 4], [3, 4, 3]))
-1
"""
total_gas = sum(gas_station.gas_quantity for gas_station in gas_stations)
total_cost = sum(gas_station.cost for gas_station in gas_stations)
if total_gas < total_cost:
return -1
start = 0
net = 0
for i, gas_station in enumerate(gas_stations):
net += gas_station.gas_quantity - gas_station.cost
if net < 0:
start = i + 1
net = 0
return start
if __name__ == "__main__":
import doctest
doctest.testmod()