There are N children standing in a line. Each child is assigned a rating value.
You are giving candies to these children subjected to the following requirements:
- Each child must have at least one candy.
- Children with a higher rating get more candies than their neighbors.
What is the minimum candies you must give?
package leetCode; import java.util.Arrays; /** * Created by lxw, liwei4939@126.com on 2018/3/27. */ public class L135_Candy { /*从左到右遍历一次,再从右到左遍历一次,具体地, * 从左到右遍历,使得右边评分更高的元素比左边至少多于1个糖果 * 从右到左遍历,使得左边评分更高的元素比右边至少多于1个糖果 * */ public int candy(int[] ratings){ int[] candies = new int[ratings.length]; Arrays.fill(candies, 1); for (int i = 1; i < candies.length; i++){ if (ratings[i] > ratings[i-1]){ candies[i] = candies[i-1] + 1; } } for (int i = candies.length-2; i >= 0; i--){ if (ratings[i] > ratings[i+1]){ candies[i] = Math.max(candies[i],candies[i+1] +1); } } int sum = 0; for (int candy : candies){ sum += candy; } return sum; } }