<-E 628> Maximum Product of Three Numbers
// Method 1
class Solution {
public:
int maximumProduct(vector<int>& nums) {
sort(nums.begin(),nums.end());
return max((nums[0] * nums[1] * nums.back()),
(nums.back() * nums[nums.size() - 2] * nums[nums.size() - 3]));
}
};
// Method 2
class Solution {
public:
int maximumProduct(vector<int>& nums) {
int mx1 = INT_MIN, mx2 = INT_MIN, mx3 = INT_MIN;
int mn1 = INT_MAX, mn2 = INT_MAX;
for (int num : nums) {
if (num > mx1) {
mx3 = mx2; mx2 = mx1; mx1 = num;
} else if (num > mx2) {
mx3 = mx2; mx2 = num;
} else if (num > mx3) {
mx3 = num;
}
if (num < mn1) {
mn2 = mn1; mn1 = num;
} else if (num < mn2) {
mn2 = num;
}
}
return max(mx1 * mx2 * mx3, mx1 * mn1 * mn2);
}
};