LeetCode 75

Container With Most Water

Problem
LC 11
Topic
Two Pointers
File
official75_LC11ContainerWithMostWater.java
Path
pkg5leetcode/official75/official75_LC11ContainerWithMostWater.java
Package
pkg5leetcode.official75
Command
java pkg5leetcode/official75/official75_LC11ContainerWithMostWater.java
Approach
Two pointers move shorter height inward.
Complexity
Time O(n), Space O(1)

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pkg5leetcode/official75/official75_LC11ContainerWithMostWater.java
1package pkg5leetcode.official75;2 3/*4 * Container With Most Water | LC 115 * APPROACH: Two pointers move shorter height inward.6 * COMPLEXITY: Time O(n), Space O(1)7 */8public class official75_LC11ContainerWithMostWater {9    static int maxArea(int[] height) {10        int l = 0, r = height.length - 1, best = 0;11        while (l < r) {12            best = Math.max(best, Math.min(height[l], height[r]) * (r - l));13            if (height[l] < height[r]) l++; else r--;14        }15        return best;16    }17 18    public static void main(String[] args) {19        check(maxArea(new int[]{1,8,6,2,5,4,8,3,7}) == 49, "case1");20        check(maxArea(new int[]{1,1}) == 1, "case2");21        System.out.println("all tests passed");22    }23 24    static void check(boolean cond, String name) {25        if (!cond) throw new AssertionError("FAILED: " + name);26        System.out.println("  PASS " + name);27    }28}