Problem description:
Say you have an array for whichITh element is the price of a given stock on dayI.
Design an algorithm to find the maximum profit. You may complete at mostTwoTransactions.
Note:
You may not engage in multiple transactions at the same time (ie, you must encrypt the stock before you buy again ).
Solution:
1 public int maxProfit(int[] prices) { 2 if (prices.length <= 1) return 0; 3 4 int[] profit = new int[prices.length + 1]; 5 int maxProfit = 0; 6 int low = prices[0]; 7 for (int i = 1; i < prices.length; i++) { 8 if (low > prices[i]) low = prices[i]; 9 maxProfit = Math.max(maxProfit, prices[i] - low);10 profit[i] = maxProfit;11 }12 maxProfit = 0;13 int st = prices[prices.length - 1];14 for (int i = prices.length - 2; i >= 0; i--) {15 maxProfit = Math.max(maxProfit, profit[i] + st - prices[i]);16 st = Math.max(st, prices[i]);17 }18 19 return maxProfit;20 }