LeetCode Container With Most Water

Given n non-negative integers a1a2, ..., an, where each represents a point at coordinate (iai). n vertical lines are drawn such that the two endpoints of line i is at (iai) and (i, 0). Find two lines, which together with x-axis forms a container, such that the container contains the most water.

Note: You may not slant the container.

题意:二维坐标系里有 n 个点 (i, ai), ai >= 0,从 (i, ai)到(i, 0)划竖线,共有 n 条竖线。
找出两条竖线,使得它们构成的矩形的面积最大,矩形的高取决于最短的竖线。
思路:贪心
从首尾两个下标head 和trail 处开始扫描,用一个变量 maxArea 保持当前最大的矩形面积。
如果head 指向的竖线短于 trail 的,则右移 head
否则左移 trail
计算面积,更新 maxArea
复杂度:时间O(n),空间O(1)

public class Solution {
    public int maxArea(int[] height) {
        if (height.length<2) {
            return 0;
        }
        
        int leftEdge=0;
        int rightEdge=height.length-1;
        int maxarea=0,area=0;
        while (leftEdge!=rightEdge) {
                area=Math.min(height[leftEdge], height[rightEdge])*(rightEdge-leftEdge);
                if (area>maxarea) {
                    maxarea=area;
                }
                if (height[leftEdge]<height[rightEdge]) {
                    leftEdge++;
                }else {
                    rightEdge--;
                }
        }
        return maxarea;
    }
}
原文地址:https://www.cnblogs.com/birdhack/p/4028278.html