Find the contiguous subarray within an array (containing at least one number) which has the largest product.
For example, given the array [2,3,-2,4]
,
the contiguous subarray [2,3]
has the largest product = 6
.
Analysis:
similar like Maximum Subarray question
difference is the max value could be get from 3 situations
current maxValue * A[i] if A[i]>0
current minValue * A[i] if A[i]<0
A[i]
We need to record current maxValue, current minValue and update them every time get the new product
Java
public int maxProduct2(int[] A) {
if(A.length<=0) return 0;
if(A.length==1) return A[0];
int curMax = A[0];
int curMin = A[0];
int ans = A[0];
for(int i=1;i<A.length;i++){
int temp = curMin *A[i];
curMin = Math.min(A[i], Math.min(temp, curMax*A[i]));
curMax = Math.max(A[i], Math.max(temp, curMax*A[i]));
ans = Math.max(ans, curMax);
}
return ans;
}