leetcode Candy

Candy

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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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/**
 * Abstract each slope, and sort by the length of the slop. For those slop whose length is one, then add one from
 * it bottom. The candy is the sum from the bottom to ceil.
 * When abstract the slope, we should node the length of the length of the before slop.
 * 1. if the ratings equals to their neighbors? I think it should be in just one.
 * 
 * */
//9:38->the equals should get just 1,not equal than its neighbor.10:00 finished.
class Solution {
public:
    int candy(vector<int> &ratings) {
        int minCandy = 0,tmp=0;
        int i=0,len = ratings.size();
        // those who's rating equals to it's neighbors should be just one
        vector<int> candies(len,1);
        int candy = 1;
        candies[0] = 1;
        // from left to right
        for(i=1;i<len;i++)
        {
            if(ratings[i]>ratings[i-1])
            {
                candies[i] = candies[i-1]+1;
            }
        }
        // from right to left
        for(i=len-2;i>=0;i--)
        {
            if(ratings[i]>ratings[i+1])
            {
                tmp = candies[i+1]+1;
                if(tmp>candies[i])
                {
                    candies[i] = tmp;
                }
            }
        }
        // add the sum
        for(i=0;i<len;i++)
        {
            minCandy += candies[i];
        }
        return minCandy;
    }
};