978. Longest Turbulent Subarray

题目

A subarray A[i], A[i+1], ..., A[j] of A is said to be turbulent if and only if:

For i <= k < j, A[k] > A[k+1] when k is odd, and A[k] < A[k+1] when k is even;
OR, for i <= k < j, A[k] > A[k+1] when k is even, and A[k] < A[k+1] when k is odd.

That is, the subarray is turbulent if the comparison sign flips between each adjacent pair of elements in the subarray.

Return the length of a maximum size turbulent subarray of A.

Example 1:

Input: [9,4,2,10,7,8,8,1,9]
Output: 5
Explanation: (A[1] > A[2] < A[3] > A[4] < A[5])

Example 2:

Input: [4,8,12,16]
Output: 2

Example 3:

Input: [100]
Output: 1

Note:

1 <= A.length <= 40000
0 <= A[i] <= 10^9

题目大意

当 A 的子数组 A[i], A[i+1], ..., A[j] 满足下列条件时，我们称其为湍流子数组：

若 i <= k < j，当 k 为奇数时， A[k] > A[k+1]，且当 k 为偶数时，A[k] < A[k+1]；或若 i <= k < j，当 k 为偶数时，A[k] > A[k+1] ，且当 k 为奇数时， A[k] < A[k+1]。也就是说，如果比较符号在子数组中的每个相邻元素对之间翻转，则该子数组是湍流子数组。

返回 A 的最大湍流子数组的长度。

提示：

1 <= A.length <= 40000
0 <= A[i] <= 10^9

解题思路

给出一个数组，要求找出“摆动数组”的最大长度。所谓“摆动数组”的意思是，元素一大一小间隔的。
这一题可以用滑动窗口来解答。用相邻元素差的乘积大于零（a ^ b >= 0 说明a b乘积大于零）来判断是否是湍流，如果是，那么扩大窗口。否则窗口缩小为0，开始新的一个窗口。

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