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

int FindMergeNode(Node headA, Node headB) {
  Node currentA = headA;
  Node currentB = headB;

  // Do till the two nodes are the same
  while (currentA != currentB) {
    // If you reached the end of one list start at the beginning of the other
    // one currentA
    if (currentA.next == null) {
      currentA = headA;
    } else {
      currentA = currentA.next;
    }
    // currentB
    if (currentB.next == null) {
      currentB = headB;
    } else {
      currentB = currentB.next;
    }
  }
  return currentB.data;
}