11. Container With Most Water

11. Container With Most Water

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Given n non-negative integers a1, a2, ..., an , where each represents a point at coordinate (i, ai). n vertical lines are drawn such that the two endpoints of line i is at (i, ai) and (i, 0). Find two lines, which together with x-axis forms a container, such that the container contains the most water.

Note: You may not slant the container and n is at least 2.

 

The above vertical lines are represented by array [1,8,6,2,5,4,8,3,7]. In this case, the max area of water (blue section) the container can contain is 49.

 

Example:

Input: [1,8,6,2,5,4,8,3,7]
Output: 49

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class Solution {
public:
    int maxArea(vector<int>& height) {
        int result=0,i=0,j=height.size()-1;
        while(i<j){
            result=max(result,min(height[i],height[j])*(j-i));
            if(height[i]>height[j]){
                j--;
            }else{
                i++;
            }
        }
        return result;
    }
};