LeetCode-in-All
11. Container With Most Water
Medium
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 the line i is at (i, ai) and (i, 0). Find two lines, which, together with the x-axis forms a container, such that the container contains the most water.
Notice that you may not slant the container.
Example 1:
Input: height = [1,8,6,2,5,4,8,3,7]
Output: 49
Explanation: The above vertical lines are represented by array [1,8,6,2,5,4,8,3,7]. In this case, the max area of water (blue section) the container can contain is 49.
Example 2:
Input: height = [1,1]
Output: 1
Example 3:
Input: height = [4,3,2,1,4]
Output: 16
Example 4:
Input: height = [1,2,1]
Output: 2
Constraints:
n == height.length2 <= n <= 1050 <= height[i] <= 104
Solution
class Solution {
fun maxArea(height: IntArray): Int {
var max = 0
if (height.isNotEmpty()) {
var left = 0
var right = height.size - 1
while (left < right) {
// next two if conditions are to make sure there are two non-zero containers to
// hold water. If not move next to find one
if (height[left] == 0) {
left++
continue
}
if (height[right] == 0) {
right--
continue
}
// if control came here that means left and right containers are non zero and
// can hold water. Get the count of containers and multiple by lower container
if (height[left] < height[right]) {
max = Math.max(max, (right - left) * height[left])
left++
} else {
max = Math.max(max, (right - left) * height[right])
right--
}
}
}
return max
}
}