Given n non-negative integers representing an elevation map where the width of each bar is 1, compute how much water it is able to trap after raining.
For example,
Given [0,1,0,2,1,0,1,3,2,1,2,1]
, return 6
.
The above elevation map is represented by array [0,1,0,2,1,0,1,3,2,1,2,1]. In this case, 6 units of rain water (blue section) are being trapped.Thanks Marcos for contributing this image!
LL's solution:
two pointer -> O(N)
public class Solution {
public int trap(int[] A) {
// Start typing your Java solution below
// DO NOT write main() function
int len = A.length;
if(len<3)
return 0;
int start = 0,end=len-1,res=0;
int runner;
while(start<end){
if(A[start]<=A[end]){ // move start
runner = start+1;
while(A[runner]<=A[start] && runner<end){
res += A[start]-A[runner];
runner++;
}
start=runner;
}
else{ // move end
runner = end-1;
while(A[runner]<=A[end] && runner>start){
res += A[end]-A[runner];
runner--;
}
end=runner;
}
}
return res;
}
}
Note:
1. 每次要移动start和end里面小的那个,这样才能保证runner走动时trap的water一定是valid的(能保证另一侧有closure)
2. 移动runner要注意不能超过另一侧,否则就out of range了