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?

因为至少有一个糖果，初始时将candy数组赋值为1.因为高rating的children要比neighbors获得更多的糖果。所以先进行一次遍历，高rating的children的糖果数比前一个children 多1.但这样处理完，还存在一种不符合情况的没有处理。前一个children的糖果数为1，而后一个rating更低的children糖果数也为1，这样是不符合题目要求的。因此从尾到头开始遍历，如果前一个children的rating大于后一个children，则设置其糖果数为max(candy[i],candy[i+1]) ,这样就修正了该情况，同时也会因为该修改而修改其他children的糖果数，从而符合题目要求。

代码如下：

class Solution {
public:
    int candy(vector<int>& ratings) {
        int num = ratings.size();
        int candy[num],total=0;;
        for(int i=0;i<num;i++)
            candy[i] = 1;
        
        for(int i=1;i<num;i++)
        {
            if(ratings[i] > ratings[i-1])
                candy[i] = candy[i-1]+1;
        }
        
        total = candy[num-1];
        for(int i=num-2;i>=0;i--)
        {
            if(ratings[i] > ratings[i+1])
            {
                candy[i] = max(candy[i],candy[i+1]+1);
            }
            total += candy[i];
        }
        
        return total;
    }
};