Check if two linked lists merge. If so, where?

Question

This question may be old, but I couldn\'t think of an answer.

Say, there are two lists of different lengths, merging at a point; how do we know wher

Answer 1

this solution iterates each list only once...no modification of list required too..though you may complain about space..
1) Basically you iterate in list1 and store the address of each node in an array(which stores unsigned int value)
2) Then you iterate list2, and for each node's address ---> you search through the array that you find a match or not...if you do then this is the merging node

//pseudocode
//for the first list
p1=list1;
unsigned int addr[];//to store addresses
i=0;
while(p1!=null){
  addr[i]=&p1;
  p1=p1->next;
}
int len=sizeof(addr)/sizeof(int);//calculates length of array addr
//for the second list
p2=list2;
while(p2!=null){
  if(search(addr[],len,&p2)==1)//match found
  {
    //this is the merging node
    return (p2);
  }
  p2=p2->next;
}

int search(addr,len,p2){
  i=0;  
  while(i

Hope it is a valid solution...