845 Longest Mountain in Array

You may recall that an array arr is a mountain array if and only if:

  • arr.length >= 3
  • There exists some index i (0-indexed) with 0 < i < arr.length - 1 such that:
    • arr[0] < arr[1] < ... < arr[i - 1] < arr[i]
    • arr[i] > arr[i + 1] > ... > arr[arr.length - 1]

Given an integer array arr, return the length of the longest subarray, which is a mountain. Return 0 if there is no mountain subarray.

Example 1:

Input: arr = [2,1,4,7,3,2,5]
Output: 5
Explanation: The largest mountain is [1,4,7,3,2] which has length 5.

Example 2:

Input: arr = [2,2,2]
Output: 0
Explanation: There is no mountain.

Constraints:

  • 1 <= arr.length <= 104
  • 0 <= arr[i] <= 104

Follow up:

  • Can you solve it using only one pass?
  • Can you solve it in O(1) space?
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class Solution:
    def longestMountain(self, arr: List[int]) -> int:
        n = len(arr)
        up, down = [0] * n, [0] * n

        for i in range(1, n):
            if arr[i] > arr[i - 1]:
                up[i] = up[i - 1] + 1

        for i in range(n-2, -1, -1):
            if arr[i] > arr[i + 1]:
                down[i] = down[i + 1] + 1

        return max(
            [u + d + 1 for u, d in zip(up, down) if u and d]
            or [0]
        )


'''
One pass
'''
class Solution:
    def longestMountain(self, arr: List[int]) -> int:
        n = len(arr)
        res = up = down = 0
        for i in range(1, n):
            if (
                down and arr[i - 1] < arr[i]
                or arr[i - 1] == arr[i]
            ):
                up = down = 0

            up += arr[i - 1] < arr[i]
            down += arr[i - 1] > arr[i]

            if up and down:
                res = max(res, up + down + 1)
        return res