【Leetcode】011. 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.

class Solution:
    def maxArea(self, height):
        """
        :type height: List[int]
        :rtype: int
        """
        # 一左一右遍历，木桶原理取较小的值做为‘高’
        area = 0
        l = 0
        r = len(height) - 1
        while l < r:
            area = max(area, min(height[l], height[r]) * (r-l))
            
            if height[l] > height[r]:
                r -= 1
            else:
                l += 1
        
        return area