Container With Most Water
Detailed guide and Python implementation for the 'Container With Most Water' problem.
Problem Statement
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.
Write a function maxArea(height: List[int]) -> int.
- •n == len(height)
- •2 <= n <= 10^5
- •0 <= height[i] <= 10^4
Examples
height = [1, 8, 6, 2, 5, 4, 8, 3, 7]
49
The max area is between lines at index 1 (height 8) and index 8 (height 7). Area = min(8, 7) * (8 - 1) = 7 * 7 = 49.
height = [1, 1]
1
Area = min(1, 1) * (1 - 0) = 1.
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Edge Cases to Watch
- Empty input structures
- Single element inputs
- Large numerical bounds
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