Candy
<p>There are <code>n</code> children standing in a line. Each child is assigned a rating value given in the integer array <code>ratings</code>.</p>

<p>You are giving candies to these children subjected to the following requirements:</p>

<ul>
	<li>Each child must have at least one candy.</li>
	<li>Children with a higher rating get more candies than their neighbors.</li>
</ul>

<p>Return <em>the minimum number of candies you need to have to distribute the candies to the children</em>.</p>

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<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> ratings = [1,0,2]
<strong>Output:</strong> 5
<strong>Explanation:</strong> You can allocate to the first, second and third child with 2, 1, 2 candies respectively.
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<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> ratings = [1,2,2]
<strong>Output:</strong> 4
<strong>Explanation:</strong> You can allocate to the first, second and third child with 1, 2, 1 candies respectively.
The third child gets 1 candy because it satisfies the above two conditions.
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<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li><code>n == ratings.length</code></li>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= n &lt;= 2 * 10<sup>4</sup></code></li>
	<li><code>0 &lt;= ratings[i] &lt;= 2 * 10<sup>4</sup></code></li>
</ul>
Greedy; Array
func candy(ratings []int) int {
	n := len(ratings)
	left := make([]int, n)
	right := make([]int, n)
	for i := range left {
		left[i] = 1
		right[i] = 1
	}
	for i := 1; i < n; i++ {
		if ratings[i] > ratings[i-1] {
			left[i] = left[i-1] + 1
		}
	}
	for i := n - 2; i >= 0; i-- {
		if ratings[i] > ratings[i+1] {
			right[i] = right[i+1] + 1
		}
	}
	ans := 0
	for i, a := range left {
		b := right[i]
		ans += max(a, b)
	}
	return ans
}