【题目】
A sequence of numbers is called a wiggle sequence if the differences between successive numbers strictly alternate between positive and negative. The first difference (if one exists) may be either positive or negative. A sequence with fewer than two elements is trivially a wiggle sequence.
For example, [1,7,4,9,2,5]
is
a wiggle sequence because the differences (6,-3,5,-7,3) are alternately positive and negative. In contrast, [1,4,7,2,5]
and [1,7,4,5,5]
are
not wiggle sequences, the first because its first two differences are positive and the second because its last difference is zero.
Given a sequence of integers, return the length of the longest subsequence that is a wiggle sequence. A subsequence is obtained by deleting some number of elements (eventually, also zero) from the original sequence, leaving the remaining elements in their original order.
Examples:
Input: [1,7,4,9,2,5]
Output: 6
The entire sequence is a wiggle sequence.
Input: [1,17,5,10,13,15,10,5,16,8]
Output: 7
There are several subsequences that achieve this length. One is [1,17,10,13,10,16,8].
Input: [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]
Output: 2
【题解】
首先,用数组difference记录原来数组每相邻两个数的差,差若为0不保存;
然后,检查difference中元素的个数,若为0,表示原数组每个元素均相等,那么结果为1;
接着,用一个临时变量nTmp记录difference当前的元素difference[i],若后一个元素difference[j] (j > i),若nTmp与difference[j]的符号相反,则长度加1,同时nTmp赋值为difference[j] ;
最后,将得到的长度加1即可得到最后结果
【代码】
int wiggleMaxLength(vector<int>& nums) {
int nSize = nums.size();
if (nSize < 2)
return nSize;
vector<int> difference;
for (int i = 1; i < nSize; i++) {
int nDiff = nums[i] - nums[i - 1];
if (nDiff != 0)
difference.push_back(nDiff);
}
int nSize_diff = difference.size();
if (nSize_diff == 0)
return 1;
int nTmp = difference[0];
int nResult = 1;
for (int i = 1; i < nSize_diff; i++) {
if ((nTmp > 0 && difference[i] < 0) || (nTmp < 0 && difference[i] > 0)) {
++nResult;
nTmp = difference[i];
}
}
return nResult + 1;
}