Trapping rain water

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https://practice.geeksforgeeks.org/problems/trapping-rain-water/0

Find lMax, rMax ans += min(lMax, rMax) - currHeight

class Solution {
public:
  int trap(vector<int> &height) {
    if (height.empty())
      return 0;

    int n = height.size();
    vector<pair<int, int>> maxHeights(n);

    maxHeights[0].first = height[0];
    maxHeights[n - 1].second = height[n - 1];

    for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {
      maxHeights[i].first = max(height[i], maxHeights[i - 1].first);
    }
    for (int i = n - 2; i >= 0; i--) {
      maxHeights[i].second = max(height[i], maxHeights[i + 1].second);
    }

    int rain = 0;

    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
      rain += min(maxHeights[i].first, maxHeights[i].second) - height[i];
    }

    return rain;
  }
};
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