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package com.thealgorithms.datastructures.lists;

import java.util.Scanner;

public final class CreateAndDetectLoop {
private CreateAndDetectLoop() {
}
public class CreateAndDetectLoop {

/**
* Prints the linked list.
*
* @param head head node of the linked list
*/
static void printList(Node head) {
Node cur = head;
// Node class representing a single node in the linked list
public static class Node {
int data;
Node next;

while (cur != null) {
System.out.print(cur.value + " ");
cur = cur.next;
Node(int data) {
this.data = data;
next = null;
}
}

// Method to create a loop between two specific positions in the linked list
/**
* Creates a loop in the linked list.
*
* @see
* <a href="https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/make-loop-k-th-position-linked-list/">
* GeeksForGeeks: Make a loop at K-th position</a>
* @param head head node of the linked list
* @param k position of node where loop is to be created
* Test case that shows the Cycle(loop) in a LinkedList
* Let's take this linked list:
* 1->2->3->4->5->6
* \______/
* In this linked list we can see there is a cycle.
* we can create loop by calling createLoop function in main after creating LL
* createLoop(head,2,5);
* to detect there is loop or not we can call detectloop function in main
* detectloop(head);
*/
static void createLoop(Node head, int k) {
if (head == null) {

static void createLoop(Node head, int position1, int position2) {
if (position1 == 0 || position2 == 0) {
return;
}
Node temp = head;
int count = 1;
while (count < k) { // Traverse the list till the kth node
temp = temp.next;
count++;
}

Node connectedPoint = temp;
Node node1 = head; // node at position1
Node node2 = head; // node at position2

int count1 = 1, count2 = 1;

// Traverse to find node at position1
while (count1 < position1 && node1 != null) {
node1 = node1.next;
count1++;
}

while (temp.next != null) { // Traverse remaining nodes
temp = temp.next;
// Traverse to find node at position2
while (count2 < position2 && node2 != null) {
node2 = node2.next;
count2++;
}

temp.next = connectedPoint; // Connect last node to k-th element
// Create a loop by connecting node2's next to node1
if (node1 != null && node2 != null) {
node2.next = node1;
}
}

// Method to detect a loop in the linked list
/**
* Detects the presence of a loop in the linked list.
*
* @see
* <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle_detection#Floyd's_tortoise_and_hare">
* Floyd's Cycle Detection Algorithm</a>
*
* @param head the head node of the linked list
*
* @see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle_detection#Floyd's_tortoise_and_hare">Floyd's Cycle Detection Algorithm</a>
* @return true if loop exists else false
*/
static boolean detectLoop(Node head) {
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while (fptr != null && fptr.next != null) {
sptr = sptr.next;
fptr = fptr.next.next;
if (fptr == sptr) {
if (sptr == fptr) {
return true;
}
}

return false;
}
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
SinglyLinkedList singlyLinkedList = new SinglyLinkedList();
Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);

System.out.println("Enter the number of elements to be inserted: ");
int n = sc.nextInt();
System.out.printf("Enter the %d elements: %n", n);
while (n-- > 0) {
singlyLinkedList.insert(sc.nextInt());
}

System.out.print("Given list: ");
printList(singlyLinkedList.getHead());
System.out.println();

System.out.println("Enter the location to generate loop: ");
int k = sc.nextInt();

createLoop(singlyLinkedList.getHead(), k);

if (detectLoop(singlyLinkedList.getHead())) {
System.out.println("Loop found");
} else {
System.out.println("No loop found");
}

sc.close();
}
}
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