LeetCode Problem Description
Say you have an array for which the ith element is the price of a given stock on day i.
Design an algorithm to find the maximum profit. You may complete at most two transactions.
Note:
You may not engage in multiple transactions at the same time (ie, you must sell the stock before you buy again).
Solution
class Solution {
public:
int maxProfit(vector<int>& prices) {
int states[2][4] = {INT_MIN, 0, INT_MIN, 0}; // 0: 1 buy, 1: one buy/sell, 2: 2 buys/1 sell, 3, 2 buys/sells
int len = prices.size(), i, cur = 0, next =1;
for(i=0; i<len; ++i)
{
states[next][0] = max(states[cur][0], -prices[i]);
states[next][1] = max(states[cur][1], states[cur][0]+prices[i]);
states[next][2] = max(states[cur][2], states[cur][1]-prices[i]);
states[next][3] = max(states[cur][3], states[cur][2]+prices[i]);
swap(next, cur);
}
return max(states[cur][1], states[cur][3]);
}
};