package g0001_0100.s0042_trapping_rain_water; // #Hard #Top_100_Liked_Questions #Top_Interview_Questions #Array #Dynamic_Programming #Two_Pointers // #Stack #Monotonic_Stack #Dynamic_Programming_I_Day_9 #Udemy_Two_Pointers // #Top_Interview_150_Array/String #Big_O_Time_O(n)_Space_O(1) // #2024_11_10_Time_0_ms_(100.00%)_Space_46.2_MB_(57.86%) public class Solution { public int trap(int[] height) { int l = 0; int r = height.length - 1; int res = 0; int lowerWall = 0; while (l < r) { int lVal = height[l]; int rVal = height[r]; // If left is smaller than right ptr, make the lower wall the bigger of lVal and its // current size if (lVal < rVal) { // If lVal has gone up, move the lowerWall upp lowerWall = Math.max(lVal, lowerWall); // Add the water level at current point // Calculate this by taking the current value and subtracting it from the lower wall // size // We know that this is the lower wall because we've already determined that lVal < // rVal res += lowerWall - lVal; // Move left ptr along l++; } else { // Do the same thing, except now we know that the lowerWall is the right side. lowerWall = Math.max(rVal, lowerWall); res += lowerWall - rVal; r--; } } return res; } }