#845

Longest Mountain in Array

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array · two pointers · dynamic programming · enumeration

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Description

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.

Solution