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Solution: Longest Cycle in a Graph

Explore how to identify and measure the longest cycle in directed graphs where nodes have at most one outgoing edge. Learn to traverse paths with step counters to detect cycles efficiently and calculate cycle length using an iterative approach.

Statement

You are given a directed graph with n nodes, labeled from 0 to n - 1. Each node in the graph has at most one outgoing edge.

The graph is described using a 0-indexed integer array edges of length n, where:

  • edges[i] represents a directed edge from node i to node edges[i].

  • If node i has no outgoing edge, edges[i] == -1.

Your task is to find longest cycle length in the graph. If no cycle exists, return -1.

Note: A cycle is defined as a path that starts and ends at the same node, following the direction of the edges.

Constraints:

  • n ==== edges.length

  • 22 \leq ...