LeetCode - Candy

https://leetcode.com/problems/candy/

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?

这道题的解法是：

1.从左往右扫描，如果当前数比前一个数大，那么当前位置的糖果是前一位置的糖果加1，否则当前位置糖果为1.

2.从右往左扫描，如果当前数比后一个数大，那么当前位置的糖果是后一位置的糖果加1和自己本身有的糖果数的最大值，否则保持自己的糖果数不变。

3.扫描candy数组，求和。

public class Solution {
    public int candy(int[] ratings) {
        int[] candy = new int[ratings.length];
        candy[0] = 1;
        for(int i=1; i<ratings.length; i++){
            if(ratings[i]>ratings[i-1]) candy[i]=candy[i-1]+1;
            else candy[i] = 1;
        }
        for(int i=ratings.length-2; i>=0; i--){
            if(ratings[i]>ratings[i+1]) candy[i] = Math.max(candy[i], candy[i+1]+1);
        }
        int total = 0;
        for(int i=0; i<candy.length; i++){
            total += candy[i];
        }
        return total;
    }
}