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

Step 1: find lenght of both the list Step 2 : Find the diff and move the biggest list with the difference Step 3 : Now both list will be in similar position. Step 4 : Iterate through list to find the merge point

//Psuedocode
def findmergepoint(list1, list2):
lendiff = list1.length() > list2.length() : list1.length() - list2.length() ? list2.lenght()-list1.lenght()
biggerlist = list1.length() > list2.length() : list1 ? list2  # list with biggest length
smallerlist = list1.length() < list2.length() : list2 ? list1 # list with smallest length


# move the biggest length to the diff position to level both the list at the same position
for i in range(0,lendiff-1):
    biggerlist = biggerlist.next
#Looped only once.  
while ( biggerlist is not None and smallerlist is not None ):
    if biggerlist == smallerlist :
        return biggerlist #point of intersection


return None // No intersection found