Candy

There are n children standing in a line. Each child is assigned a rating value given in the integer array ratings.

You are giving candies to these children subjected to the following requirements:

  • Each child must have at least one candy.
  • Children with a higher rating get more candies than their neighbors.

Return the minimum number of candies you need to have to distribute the candies to the children.

Example 1
Inputratings = [1,0,2]
Output5
You can allocate to the first, second and third child with 2, 1, 2 candies respectively.
Example 2
Inputratings = [1,2,2]
Output4
You can allocate to the first, second and third child with 1, 2, 1 candies respectively, and the third child gets 1 candy because it satisfies the two conditions.

Constraints

  • n == ratings.length
  • 1 <= n <= 2 * 10^4
  • 0 <= ratings[i] <= 2 * 10^4

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