There are N children standing in a line. Each child is assigned a rating value.

You are giving candies to these children subjected to the following requirements:

    Each child must have at least one candy.

    Children with a higher rating get more candies than their neighbors.

What is the minimum candies you must give?

详见:https://leetcode.com/problems/candy/description/

Java实现:

首先初始化每个人一个糖果,然后遍历两遍,第一遍从左向右遍历,如果右边小盆友的等级高,右边小盆友加一个糖果,这样保证了一个方向上高等级的糖果多。然后再从右向左遍历一遍,如果相邻两个左边的等级高,而左边的糖果又少的话,则左边糖果数为右边糖果数加一。最后再把所有小盆友的糖果数都加起来返回即可。



class Solution {
public int candy(int[] ratings) {
int n=ratings.length;
if(n==0||ratings==null){
return 0;
}
int[] dp=new int[n];
Arrays.fill(dp,1);
int candy=0;
for(int i=1;i<n;++i){
if(ratings[i]>ratings[i-1]){
dp[i]=dp[i-1]+1;
}
}
for(int i=n-2;i>=0;--i){
if(ratings[i]>ratings[i+1]){
dp[i]=Math.max(dp[i],dp[i+1]+1);
}
}
for(int val:dp){
candy+=val;
}
return candy;
}
}