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Find Maximum Area of a Triangle

Find Maximum Area of a Triangle: a C++ solution using hash-based lookup. Learn the idea, check the complexity, and read the full code, with credit to Kamyu LeetCode Solutions.

Technique
Hash-based lookup
Source
Kamyu LeetCode Solutions
Length
55 lines
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Try the problem first. If you get stuck, read the approach below, then write your own solution. The full code is at the bottom.

Approach

Hash-based lookup

For Find Maximum Area of a Triangle, the implementation stores previously seen values or frequencies in a hash table for direct membership and lookup operations.

  1. Decide the key that represents the information needed later.
  2. Update its count or stored state while scanning the input.
  3. Use constant-time expected lookups to detect matches or assemble the result.

Code notes

  • 55 lines of C++ from the credited upstream file find-maximum-area-of-a-triangle.cpp.
  • The implementation visibly relies on sequence storage, hash lookup.
  • 3 loop blocks detected.

Complexity

Expected hash operations are constant time, but the surrounding scan and the number of stored keys determine total work and memory.

Check the problem constraints before deciding whether this complexity will pass.

Source

Code and credit

This code comes from Kamyu LeetCode Solutions by kamyu104 and is used under the MIT licence.

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Full codeFind Maximum Area of a Triangle · C++C++
Use this to learn the idea, then write your own version.
// Time:  O(n)// Space: O(n) // math, hash tableclass Solution {public:    long long maxArea(vector<vector<int>>& coords) {        static const int POS_INF = numeric_limits<int>::max();        static const int NEG_INF = numeric_limits<int>::min();        int mx_x = NEG_INF;        int mn_x = POS_INF;        int mx_y = NEG_INF;        int mn_y = POS_INF;        unordered_map<int, int> lookup_mx_y;        unordered_map<int, int> lookup_mn_y;        unordered_map<int, int> lookup_mx_x;        unordered_map<int, int> lookup_mn_x;        for (const auto& c : coords) {            const auto& x = c[0], &y = c[1];            mx_x = max(mx_x, x);            mn_x = min(mn_x, x);            mx_y = max(mx_y, y);            mn_y = min(mn_y, y);            if (!lookup_mx_y.count(x)) {                lookup_mx_y[x] = y;            } else {                lookup_mx_y[x] = max(lookup_mx_y[x], y);            }            if (!lookup_mn_y.count(x)) {                lookup_mn_y[x] = y;            } else {                lookup_mn_y[x] = min(lookup_mn_y[x], y);            }            if (!lookup_mx_x.count(y)) {                lookup_mx_x[y] = x;            } else {                lookup_mx_x[y] = max(lookup_mx_x[y], x);            }            if (!lookup_mn_x.count(y)) {                lookup_mn_x[y] = x;            } else {                lookup_mn_x[y] = min(lookup_mn_x[y], x);            }        }        int64_t result = 0;        for (const auto& [x, _] : lookup_mx_y) {            result = max(result, static_cast<int64_t>(lookup_mx_y[x] - lookup_mn_y[x]) * max(mx_x - x, x - mn_x));        }        for (const auto& [y, _] : lookup_mx_x) {            result = max(result, static_cast<int64_t>(lookup_mx_x[y] - lookup_mn_x[y]) * max(mx_y - y, y - mn_y));        }        return result ? result : -1;    }};

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