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Best Time to Buy And Sell Stock

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簡単

You are given an array prices where prices[i] is the price of a given stock on the ith day.

You want to maximize your profit by choosing a single day to buy one stock and choosing a different day in the future to sell that stock.

Return the maximum profit you can achieve from this transaction. If you cannot achieve any profit, return 0.

Write a function maxProfit(prices: List[int]) -> int.

制約
  • 1 <= len(prices) <= 10^5
  • 0 <= prices[i] <= 10^4

Example 1
Input
prices = [7, 1, 5, 3, 6, 4]
Output
5
Explanation

Buy on day 2 (price = 1) and sell on day 5 (price = 6). Profit = 6 - 1 = 5.

Example 2
Input
prices = [7, 6, 4, 3, 1]
Output
0
Explanation

No profitable transaction is possible since prices only decrease.

Need a Hint?
Consider using Sliding Window-specific data structures like sets or heaps.
Edge Cases to Watch
  • Empty input structures
  • Single element inputs
  • Large numerical bounds

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