描述
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.
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?
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
int Candy(int a[], int n)
{
int result = 0;
int *candy = new int[n];
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
candy[i] = 1;
for (int i = 1; i < n; i++)
{
if (a[i]>a[i - 1])
candy[i] = candy[i - 1] + 1;
}
for (int i = n - 2; i >= 0; i--)
{
if (a[i]>a[i + 1])
candy[i] = (candy[i + 1] + 1>candy[i])?candy[i+1]+1:candy[i];
}
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
{
result += candy[i];
}
delete candy;
return result;
}
int main()
{
const int n = 13;
int a[n] = { 1,2, 5, 8, 4, 3, 3,5,7,9,2,1,1 };
int res = Candy(a, n);
cout << res << endl;
}