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.

The above vertical lines are represented by array [1,8,6,2,5,4,8,3,7]. In this case, the max area of water (blue section) the container can contain is 49.

Example:

Input: [1,8,6,2,5,4,8,3,7]
Output: 49
class Solution {
    public int maxArea(int[] height) {
        int start = 0;
        int end = height.length - 1;
        int maxWater = 0;
        while (start < end) {
            int currentWater = Math.min(height[start], height[end]) * (end - start);
            maxWater = Math.max(maxWater, currentWater);
            if (height[start] < height[end])
                start++;
            else
                end--;
        }
        return maxWater;
    }
}

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