LeetCode Notes_#11 Container with Most Water

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LeetCode Notes_#11 Container with Most Water

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题目

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.

LeetCode Notes_#11 Container with Most Water
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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

思路和解答

思路

乍一看没太好的思路,没有一个固定的规律,还是要经过一些计算和比较的。那么问题在于如何减少计算比较的次数呢?

解答

class Solution(object):
    def maxArea(self, height):
        """ :type height: List[int] :rtype: int """
        i,j=0,len(height)-1#定义两个指针去遍历height数组
        res=0
        while(i<j):#终止条件是两个指针相等,相当于在中间相遇
            res=max(res,min(height[i],height[j])*(j-i))#更新最大值
            if height[i]>height[j]:
                j=j-1
            else:
                i=i+1
        return res

需要注意的点

  • 循环语句要用while,不要用for,因为循环的次数不是确定的,而是根据i,j的大小去决定
  • 每次循环只移动一个指针,并且移动的是高度较小那一侧的指针,理由:
    • 首先不可能一次就同时移动两边的指针,会漏过一些可能的最大值
    • 其次如果移动高度较高的一侧的指针,那么也有可能错过最大值