programming-examples/ruby/Arrays/MaxJminusI.rb

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#Given an array arr[], find the maximum j i such that arr[j] > arr[i].
# Time-complecity: O(n), Space-complexity:O(n)
def max_index_diff(a)
len=a.length
max_diff=-1
lmin=Array.new(len)
rmax=Array.new(len)
lmin[0]=a[0]
for i in 1...len
lmin[i]=[a[i],lmin[i-1]].min
end
rmax[len-1]=a[len-1]
for i in (len-2).downto(0)
rmax[i]=[a[i],rmax[i+1]].max
end
i=j=0
while (j<len && i<len)
if lmin[i]<rmax[j]
max_diff=[max_diff,j-i].max
j+=1
else
i+=1
end
end
return max_diff
end
max_index_diff([34, 8, 10, 3, 2, 80, 30, 33, 1]) # => 6