Container With Most Water leetcode java

题目：

Given n non-negative integers a₁, a₂, ..., a_n, where each represents a point at coordinate (i, a_i). nvertical lines are drawn such that the two endpoints of line i is at (i, a_i) 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.

 

题解：

 这道题挺类似二分查找法的，这道题是先从两头开始算面积，面积的计算要由短板决定，并维护一个当前最大面积。

 然后逐步替换小的短板来计算面积。每一步只替换短板的原因是，短板决定面积，而高板不影响，所以要想有所改变就改变那个有决定性的东西。。 

 网上有好多人都画出图来了。。可以搜搜看。。。

 

 代码如下：

public int maxArea(int[] height) {
        if(height == null || height.length == 0)
            return 0;
        
        int low = 0, high = height.length -1 ;  
        int max = 0;  
        while (low < high) {
         int area = (high-low)*Math.min(height[low], height[high]);
         
         max = Math.max(max, area);  
         if (height[low] < height[high])  
             low++;  
         else  
             high--;  
        }  
            return max;  
    }