Leetcode 11. Container With Most Water

原题链接：https://leetcode.com/problems/container-with-most-water/description/

描述：

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.

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Solution：

本题的关键在于如何删减不必要的计算，首先我们设置两个标签left和right分别指向数组的头尾，那么此时能得到的最大容器必然是首尾值得最小值乘以数组长度-1，然后比较首尾值的大小，如果左边的值小于右边的值，那么以左边开始的其他容器一定都是比当前计算的值小的，因此可以将left++，相反，如果左边的值大于右边的值，那么以右边结尾的其他容器也一定是比当前值小，因此将right–，而当两者相等时，则是left和right都要变化，具体代码如下：

int maxArea(vector<int>& height) {
    int len = height.size();
    int left = 0, right = len - 1;
    int max0 = 0;
    while(left < right) {
        int l = height[left];
        int r = height[right];
        max0 = max(min(l,r) * (right - left), max0);
        if (l < r) left++;
        else if (l > r) right--;
        else left++, right--;
    }
    return max0;
}