Given n non-negative integers representing the histogram's bar height where the width of each bar is 1, find the area of largest rectangle in the histogram.
Input: [2,1,5,6,2,3]
Output: 10
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class Solution {
public:
int largestRectangleArea(vector<int>& heights) {
int n = heights.size();
vector<int> left(n),right(n);
stack<int> mystack;
for(int i=0;i<n;++i) //Fill left
{
if(mystack.empty())
{ left[i] = 0; mystack.push(i); }
else
{
while(!mystack.empty() and heights[mystack.top()]>=heights[i])
mystack.pop();
left[i] = mystack.empty()?0:mystack.top()+1;
mystack.push(i);
}
}
while(!mystack.empty()) //Clear stack
mystack.pop();
for(int i=n-1;i>=0;--i) //Fill right
{
if(mystack.empty())
{ right[i] = n-1; mystack.push(i); }
else
{
while(!mystack.empty() and heights[mystack.top()]>=heights[i])
mystack.pop();
right[i] = mystack.empty()?n-1:mystack.top()-1;
mystack.push(i);
}
}
int mx_area = 0; //Stores max_area
for(int i=0;i<n;++i)
mx_area = max(mx_area,heights[i]*(right[i]-left[i]+1));
return mx_area;
}
};