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+// 84. Largest Rectangle in Histogram
+#include "leetcode.h"
+
+/*
+ * given an array of integers 'heights' representing the histogram's bar height
+ * where the width of each bar is 1, return the area of the largest rectangle
+ */
+
+int area(int height, int width) { return height * width; }
+
+int largestRectangleArea(int *heights, int heightsSize) {
+ int *stack = (int *)malloc((heightsSize + 1) * sizeof(int));
+ int stack_size = 0, max_area = 0;
+ for (int i = 0; i <= heightsSize; i++) {
+ int curr = i == heightsSize ? 0 : heights[i];
+ while (stack_size && curr < heights[stack[stack_size - 1]]) {
+ int pop_idx = stack[--stack_size];
+ int pop_height = heights[pop_idx];
+ int width = !stack_size ? i : i - stack[stack_size - 1] - 1;
+ max_area = fmax(max_area, area(pop_height, width));
+ }
+ stack[stack_size++] = i;
+ }
+ free(stack);
+ return max_area;
+}
+
+int main() {
+ int h1[] = {2, 1, 5, 6, 2, 3}, h2[] = {2, 4};
+ printf("%d\n", largestRectangleArea(h1, ARRAY_SIZE(h1))); // expect: 10
+ printf("%d\n", largestRectangleArea(h2, ARRAY_SIZE(h2))); // expect: 4
+}