# Find the Highest Altitude
# There is a biker going on a road trip. The road trip
# consists of n + 1 points at different altitudes. The
# biker starts his trip on point 0 with altitude equal 0.
# You are given an integer array gain of length n where
# gain[i] is the net gain in altitude between points i
# and i + 1 for all (0 <= i < n).
# Return the highest altitude of a point.
# Example 1:
#
# Input: gain = [-5,1,5,0,-7]
# Output: 1
# Explanation: The altitudes are [0,-5,-4,1,1,-6].
# The highest is 1.
#
#
# Approach 1: Creating an additional array
#
# @param {Integer[]} gain
# @return {Integer}
def largest_altitude(gain)
arr = [0]
# calculate altitude array
(1..gain.count).each do |pointer|
sum = arr[pointer - 1] + gain[pointer - 1]
arr.push(sum)
end
# find maximum altitude
max = 0
arr.each { |i| max = i if max < i }
max
end
gain = [-5, 1, 5, 0, -7]
largest_altitude(gain)
# Output: 1
gain = [-4, -3, -2, -1, 4, 3, 2]
largest_altitude(gain)
# Output: 0
#
# Approach 2: Without creating an additional array
#
# @param {Integer[]} gain
# @return {Integer}
def largest_altitude(gain)
max_alt = alt = 0
(0...gain.count).each do |i|
alt += gain[i]
max_alt = alt if max_alt < alt
end
max_alt
end
gain = [-5, 1, 5, 0, -7]
largest_altitude(gain)
# Output: 1
gain = [-4, -3, -2, -1, 4, 3, 2]
largest_altitude(gain)
# Output: 0