leetcode: 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?

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思路一：1）首先每个人分一个糖果     2）从左往右，当第 i 个人rating > i-1 人的rating 时，且i 的糖果没有第 i-1 个人的糖果多时，num[i] = num[i-1] + 1;

                 3）从右往左，当第 i 个人rating > i-1 人的rating 时，且i 的糖果没有第 i-1 个人的糖果多时，num[i] = num[i-1] + 1;

                 4）将所有的num[i] 相加即可

代码如下：

class Solution {
public:
	int candy_solu_one(vector<int> &ratings) {
		int len = ratings.size();
		int* num = new int[len];
		int total = 0;

		if (len <= 1)
			return len;
		for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
			num[i] = 1;
		for (int j = 1; j < len; j++)
		{
			if (ratings.at(j) > ratings.at(j - 1) && num[j] <= num[j - 1])
			{
				num[j] = num[j - 1] + 1;
			}
		}
		for (int j = len - 1; j >= 1; j--)
		{
			if (ratings.at(j) < ratings.at(j - 1) && num[j] >= num[j - 1])
			{
				num[j - 1] = num[j] + 1;
			}
		}
		for (int j = 0; j < len; j++)
			total += num[j];
		return total;
	}
};