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Container With Most Water

intermediatelayer B4 · Two pointers5 tests

height[i] is the height of a vertical line at position i. Pick two lines so that the container they form with the x-axis holds the most water, and return that area.

  • Area is (j - i) * min(height[i], height[j])
  • The container cannot be tilted
  • Beat the O(n^2) double loop

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