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Two Pointers / Stack
DSA & Coding Interviews
Explain Trapping Rain Water at a high level.
Short answer: Water at i is min(leftMax, rightMax) − height[i]. Compute with two arrays, or optimize with two pointers moving from ends while tracking leftMax/rightMax. Stack-based solution processes bars as histogram valleys.
Complexity
Two pointers O(n) time, O(1) space.
Relate it to Container With Most Water but stress per-index water units.
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