diff --git a/Java/BestTimeToBuySellStock.java b/Java/BestTimeToBuySellStock.java new file mode 100644 index 0000000..05d2dee --- /dev/null +++ b/Java/BestTimeToBuySellStock.java @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +/** + * You are given an array prices where prices[i] is the price of a given stock on the ith 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. + * +*/ + +class Solution { + public int maxProfit(int[] prices) { + if (prices == null || prices.length == 0) { + return 0; + } + + int minPrice = Integer.MAX_VALUE; + int maxProfit = 0; + + for (int i = 0; i < prices.length; i++) { + if (prices[i] < minPrice) { + minPrice = prices[i]; // Update the minimum price + } else if (prices[i] - minPrice > maxProfit) { + maxProfit = prices[i] - minPrice; // Calculate the new maximum profit + } + } + + return maxProfit; + } +}