/**
* The problem:
* 从一列数中筛除尽可能少的数使得从左往右看,这些数是从小到大再从大到小的
*
#include <stdio.h>
#define MAX_NUM (1U<<31)
int
main()
{
int i, n, low, high, mid, max;
printf("Input how many numbers there are: ");
scanf("%d/n", &n);
/* a[] holds the numbers, b[i] holds the number of increasing numbers
* from a[0] to a[i], c[i] holds the number of increasing numbers
* from a[n-1] to a[i]
* inc[] holds the increasing numbers
* VLA needs c99 features, compile with -stc=c99
*/
double a[n], b[n], c[n], inc[n];
printf("Please input the numbers:/n");
for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) scanf("%lf", &a[i]);
// update array b from left to right
for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) inc[i] = (unsigned) MAX_NUM;
//b[0] = 0;
for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
low = 0; high = i;
while (low < high) {
mid = low + (high-low)*0.5;
if (inc[mid] < a[i]) low = mid + 1;
else high = mid;
}
b[i] = low + 1;
inc[low] = a[i];
}
// update array c from right to left
for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) inc[i] = (unsigned) MAX_NUM;
//c[0] = 0;
for (i = n-1; i >= 0; --i) {
low = 0; high = i;
while (low < high) {
mid = low + (high-low)*0.5;
if (inc[mid] < a[i]) low = mid + 1;
else high = mid;
}
c[i] = low + 1;
inc[low] = a[i];
}
max = 0;
for (i = 0; i < n; ++i )
if (b[i]+c[i] > max) max = b[i] + c[i];
printf("%d number(s) should be erased at least./n", n+1-max);
return 0;
}