I still don't understand what you want. But how about boxing it? <'*'#"0~2 6 7 4 1 7 +-------+ |** | |****** | |*******| |**** | |* | |*******| +-------+
Well, it would be a box for a fixed font. On Jun 20, 2017 9:30 AM, "Raul Miller" <[email protected]> wrote: > Something I stumbled over today. > > If we have a series of bars of varying height, what's the largest > rectangle that can be drawn over the bars without covering any empty > space. > > For example: > > '*'#"0~2 6 7 4 1 7 > ** > ****** > ******* > **** > * > ******* > > I'll post a solution later, and I'll be interested in seeing if it's > basically the only obvious approach or if there's a variety of good > approaches. (I have reason to believe, though, that there's a better > way than what I came up with.) > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
