You are given an integer array height of length n. There are n vertical lines drawn such that the two endpoints of the ith line are (i, 0) and (i, height[i]).
Find two lines that together with the x-axis form a container, such that the container contains the most water.
Return the maximum amount of water a container can store.
Notice that you may not slant the container.
Problem statement taken from: https://leetcode.com/problems/container-with-most-water/
Brute Force Approach
var maxArea = function (heights) {
let maxArea = 0;
for (let p1 = 0; p1 < heights.length; p1++) {
for (let p2 = p1 + 1; p2 < heights.length; p2++) {
const length = Math.min(heights[p1], heights[p2]);
const width = p2 - p1;
const area = length * width;
maxArea = Math.max(area, maxArea);
}
}
return maxArea;
}
Time Complexity : O(n^2)
Space Complexity : O(1)
Optimized Approach
let maxArea = 0, p1 = 0, p2 = heights.length - 1;
while (p1 < p2) {
const height = Math.min(heights[p1], heights[p2]);
const width = p2 - p1;
const area = height * width;
maxArea = Math.max(maxArea, area);
if (heights[p1] <= heights[p2]) {
p1++;
} else {
p2--;
}
}
return maxArea;
Time Complexity : O(n)
Space Complexity : O(1)
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