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Largest Rectangle

  • emekaonwochei45
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    def largestRectangle(h):

    def checkR(number, index, h):
    counter = 0
    for element in range((index +1), len(h)):
        if number <= h[element]:
            counter+=1
        else:
            break
    return counter

def checkL(number, index, h):
    counter = 0
    for element in reversed(range(index)):
        if number <= h[element]:
            counter+=1
        else:
            break
    return counter

maxArea = 0
currentArea = 0
# Write your code here
for i in range(len(h)):

    if (i==0):
        R = checkR(h[i], i, h)
        currentArea = (R+1)* h[i]

    elif (i==(len(h)-1)):
        L=checkL(h[i], i, h)
        currentArea = (L+1)*h[i]

    else:
        L = checkL(h[i], i, h)
        R = checkR(h[i], i, h)
        currentArea = (L+R+1)*h[i]

    maxArea = max(currentArea, maxArea)

return maxArea