[LC] 11. Container With Most Water

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.

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:

Input: [1,8,6,2,5,4,8,3,7]
Output: 49
 

class Solution {
    public int maxArea(int[] height) {
        int left = 0, right = height.length - 1;
        int res = 0;
        while (left < right) {
            res = Math.max(res, Math.min(height[left], height[right]) * (right - left));
            // move the smaller slant
            if (height[left] < height[right]) {
                left += 1;
            } else {
                right -= 1;
            }
        }
        return res;
    }
}