diff --git a/work/Easy/Array/121.best-time-to-buy-and-sell-stock.py b/work/Easy/Array/121.best-time-to-buy-and-sell-stock.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e1f1975 --- /dev/null +++ b/work/Easy/Array/121.best-time-to-buy-and-sell-stock.py @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +""" +121. Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock +Difficulty: Easy +https://leetcode.com/problems/best-time-to-buy-and-sell-stock/ + +────────────────────────────────────────────────── + +You are given an array prices where prices[i] is the price of a given +stock on the i^th day. + +You want to maximize your profit by choosing a single day to buy one +stock and choosing a different day in the future to sell that stock. + +Return the maximum profit you can achieve from this transaction. If +you cannot achieve any profit, return 0. + + + +Example 1: + +Input: prices = [7,1,5,3,6,4] +Output: 5 +Explanation: Buy on day 2 (price = 1) and sell on day 5 (price = 6), +profit = 6-1 = 5. +Note that buying on day 2 and selling on day 1 is not allowed because +you must buy before you sell. + +Example 2: + +Input: prices = [7,6,4,3,1] +Output: 0 +Explanation: In this case, no transactions are done and the max +profit = 0. + + + +Constraints: + + • 1 <= prices.length <= 10^5 + + • 0 <= prices[i] <= 10^4 +""" + +class Solution: + def maxProfit(self, prices: List[int]) -> int: + left = min(prices) + for right in range(len(prices)): + while curr > left: + curr -= prices[left] + left += 1 + ans = max(ans, curr) + return ans