Given n non-negative integers a1, a2, ..., an , where each represents a point at coordinate (i, ai). n vertical lines are drawn such that the two endpoints of line i is at (i, ai) 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 and n is at least 2.
The above vertical lines are represented by array [1,8,6,2,5,4,8,3,7]. In this case, the max area of water (blue section) the container can contain is 49.
Example:
Input: [1,8,6,2,5,4,8,3,7]
Output: 49
参考解题思路如下 来源:https://blog.youkuaiyun.com/qq_34228570/article/details/79534467
解题思路:线之间形成的区域总是受限于短线的高度。此外,线越远,所获得的区域就越多。 我们使用两个指针,一个在开头,一个在数组末尾,构成行长度。此外,我们还保留了一个变量max来存储到目前为止获得的最大面积。在每步中,我们找到它们之间形成的区域,更新max并将指针指向另一端的指针。因为木桶原理,容积取决于行长度和最短高度的积,所以,两个端点高度较低的需要移动,因为高度较高的移动不可能大于原来的两端点积。这样,每次都是高度低的移动,直到两指针相邻。
solution:
class Solution:
def maxArea(self, height: List[int]) -> int:
i = 0
j = len(height)-1
maxA = 0
while i!=j:
if height[i] < height[j]:
maxA = max(maxA,height[i]*(j-i))
i+=1
else:
maxA = max(maxA,height[j]*(j-i))
j-=1
return maxA