1793. Maximum Score of a Good Subarray

Description

You are given an array of integers nums (0-indexed) and an integer k.

The score of a subarray (i, j) is defined as min(nums[i], nums[i+1], ..., nums[j]) * (j - i + 1). A good subarray is a subarray where i <= k <= j.

Return the maximum possible score of a good subarray.

 

Example 1:

Input: nums = [1,4,3,7,4,5], k = 3
Output: 15
Explanation: The optimal subarray is (1, 5) with a score of min(4,3,7,4,5) * (5-1+1) = 3 * 5 = 15. 

Example 2:

Input: nums = [5,5,4,5,4,1,1,1], k = 0
Output: 20
Explanation: The optimal subarray is (0, 4) with a score of min(5,5,4,5,4) * (4-0+1) = 4 * 5 = 20.

 

Constraints:

• 1 <= nums.length <= 105
• 1 <= nums[i] <= 2 * 104
• 0 <= k < nums.length

Solutions

Solution 1: Monotonic Stack

We can enumerate each element \(nums[i]\) in \(nums\) as the minimum value of the subarray, and use a monotonic stack to find the first position \(left[i]\) on the left that is less than \(nums[i]\) and the first position \(right[i]\) on the right that is less than or equal to \(nums[i]\). Then, the score of the subarray with \(nums[i]\) as the minimum value is \(nums[i] \times (right[i] - left[i] - 1)\).

It should be noted that the answer can only be updated when the left and right boundaries \(left[i]\) and \(right[i]\) satisfy \(left[i]+1 \leq k \leq right[i]-1\).

The time complexity is \(O(n)\), and the space complexity is \(O(n)\). Here, \(n\) is the length of the array \(nums\).

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class Solution:
    def maximumScore(self, nums: List[int], k: int) -> int:
        n = len(nums)
        left = [-1] * n
        right = [n] * n
        stk = []
        for i, v in enumerate(nums):
            while stk and nums[stk[-1]] >= v:
                stk.pop()
            if stk:
                left[i] = stk[-1]
            stk.append(i)
        stk = []
        for i in range(n - 1, -1, -1):
            v = nums[i]
            while stk and nums[stk[-1]] > v:
                stk.pop()
            if stk:
                right[i] = stk[-1]
            stk.append(i)
        ans = 0
        for i, v in enumerate(nums):
            if left[i] + 1 <= k <= right[i] - 1:
                ans = max(ans, v * (right[i] - left[i] - 1))
        return ans

class Solution {
    public int maximumScore(int[] nums, int k) {
        int n = nums.length;
        int[] left = new int[n];
        int[] right = new int[n];
        Arrays.fill(left, -1);
        Arrays.fill(right, n);
        Deque<Integer> stk = new ArrayDeque<>();
        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
            int v = nums[i];
            while (!stk.isEmpty() && nums[stk.peek()] >= v) {
                stk.pop();
            }
            if (!stk.isEmpty()) {
                left[i] = stk.peek();
            }
            stk.push(i);
        }
        stk.clear();
        for (int i = n - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
            int v = nums[i];
            while (!stk.isEmpty() && nums[stk.peek()] > v) {
                stk.pop();
            }
            if (!stk.isEmpty()) {
                right[i] = stk.peek();
            }
            stk.push(i);
        }
        int ans = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
            if (left[i] + 1 <= k && k <= right[i] - 1) {
                ans = Math.max(ans, nums[i] * (right[i] - left[i] - 1));
            }
        }
        return ans;
    }
}

class Solution {
public:
    int maximumScore(vector<int>& nums, int k) {
        int n = nums.size();
        vector<int> left(n, -1);
        vector<int> right(n, n);
        stack<int> stk;
        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
            int v = nums[i];
            while (!stk.empty() && nums[stk.top()] >= v) {
                stk.pop();
            }
            if (!stk.empty()) {
                left[i] = stk.top();
            }
            stk.push(i);
        }
        stk = stack<int>();
        for (int i = n - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
            int v = nums[i];
            while (!stk.empty() && nums[stk.top()] > v) {
                stk.pop();
            }
            if (!stk.empty()) {
                right[i] = stk.top();
            }
            stk.push(i);
        }
        int ans = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
            if (left[i] + 1 <= k && k <= right[i] - 1) {
                ans = max(ans, nums[i] * (right[i] - left[i] - 1));
            }
        }
        return ans;
    }
};

func maximumScore(nums []int, k int) (ans int) {
    n := len(nums)
    left := make([]int, n)
    right := make([]int, n)
    for i := range left {
        left[i] = -1
        right[i] = n
    }
    stk := []int{}
    for i, v := range nums {
        for len(stk) > 0 && nums[stk[len(stk)-1]] >= v {
            stk = stk[:len(stk)-1]
        }
        if len(stk) > 0 {
            left[i] = stk[len(stk)-1]
        }
        stk = append(stk, i)
    }
    stk = []int{}
    for i := n - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
        v := nums[i]
        for len(stk) > 0 && nums[stk[len(stk)-1]] > v {
            stk = stk[:len(stk)-1]
        }
        if len(stk) > 0 {
            right[i] = stk[len(stk)-1]
        }
        stk = append(stk, i)
    }
    for i, v := range nums {
        if left[i]+1 <= k && k <= right[i]-1 {
            ans = max(ans, v*(right[i]-left[i]-1))
        }
    }
    return
}

function maximumScore(nums: number[], k: number): number {
    const n = nums.length;
    const left: number[] = Array(n).fill(-1);
    const right: number[] = Array(n).fill(n);
    const stk: number[] = [];
    for (let i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
        while (stk.length && nums[stk.at(-1)] >= nums[i]) {
            stk.pop();
        }
        if (stk.length) {
            left[i] = stk.at(-1);
        }
        stk.push(i);
    }
    stk.length = 0;
    for (let i = n - 1; ~i; --i) {
        while (stk.length && nums[stk.at(-1)] > nums[i]) {
            stk.pop();
        }
        if (stk.length) {
            right[i] = stk.at(-1);
        }
        stk.push(i);
    }
    let ans = 0;
    for (let i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
        if (left[i] + 1 <= k && k <= right[i] - 1) {
            ans = Math.max(ans, nums[i] * (right[i] - left[i] - 1));
        }
    }
    return ans;
}

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