Container With Most Water: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.
题意:给定一个数组,数组中的元素代表一个木板的高度,i表示木板所处的位置,找到两个木板使两个木板之间的容量最大。
思路:采用双指针,left,right分别指向数组的首元素和末尾元素,因为容量的计算公式为(right - left)*min(height[left],height[right]),刚开始的时候是宽度最大(right-left)要想增大容量,宽度缩短了,所以,要选择高度较高的木板才能增大容量,这种情况下要保留木板高度大的一方,然后另一方移动。
代码:
public int min(int i,int j) { return i<j?i:j; } public int maxArea(int[] height) { int cap = 0; int left = 0,right=height.length -1; while(left<right){ int water = min(height[left],height[right])*(right-left); if(water>cap) cap = water; if(height[left]<height[right]){ left ++; }else{ right--; } } return cap; }