public class Test { private static int calculate(int[] testcase) { int pLeft = 0; int pRight = testcase.length - 1; int maxLeft = testcase[pLeft]; int maxRight = testcase[pRight]; int volume = 0; while (pRight > pLeft) { if (maxLeft < maxRight){ pLeft = pLeft + 1; if (testcase[pLeft] >= maxLeft) { maxLeft = testcase[pLeft]; } else{ volume = volume + (maxLeft - testcase[pLeft]); } }else { pRight = pRight - 1; if (testcase[pRight] >= maxRight) { maxRight = testcase[pRight]; } else { volume = volume + (maxRight - testcase[pRight]); } } } System.out.println("total volume:"+volume); return volume; } public static void main(String[] args) {int[] a = {2,5,1,2,3,4,7,7,6}; calculate(a); } }