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title: 123. Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock III
tags: [Leetcode, python, hard, dynamic programming]

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###### tags: `Leetcode` `hard` `dynamic programming` `python`

# 123. Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock III

## [題目連結:] https://leetcode.com/problems/best-time-to-buy-and-sell-stock-iii/description/

## 題目:
You are given an array ```prices``` where ```prices[i]``` is the price of a given stock on the ```ith``` day.

Find the maximum profit you can achieve. You may complete **at most two transactions**.

**Note**: You may not engage in multiple transactions simultaneously (i.e., you must sell the stock before you buy again).

**Example 1:**
```
Input: prices = [3,3,5,0,0,3,1,4]
Output: 6
Explanation: Buy on day 4 (price = 0) and sell on day 6 (price = 3), profit = 3-0 = 3.
Then buy on day 7 (price = 1) and sell on day 8 (price = 4), profit = 4-1 = 3.
```
**Example 2:**
```
Input: prices = [1,2,3,4,5]
Output: 4
Explanation: Buy on day 1 (price = 1) and sell on day 5 (price = 5), profit = 5-1 = 4.
Note that you cannot buy on day 1, buy on day 2 and sell them later, as you are engaging multiple transactions at the same time. You must sell before buying again.
```
**Example 3:**
```
Input: prices = [7,6,4,3,1]
Output: 0
Explanation: In this case, no transaction is done, i.e. max profit = 0.
```

## 解題想法:
* 題目為要求，最多進行兩次買賣，求最大獲利:
    * 一定要先買，才能賣
    * 狀態為順序制度:
        * 一定要先買第一次，才能賣第一次
        * 賣完第一次，才能買第二次.....
    * 不能連續買，一定要進行完一組交易後，才能再進行下一組

* 使用DP:
    * 因為可以有兩次交易:
    * 每天可能會有四種狀態，且皆只與前一天狀態有關
    * 皆用max:表示最大獲利
    * case1:
        * 第一次買:
        * firstB[i]=max(firstB[i-1], -prices[i-1])
    * case2:
        * 第一次賣:
        * firstS[i]=max(firstS[i-1], firstB[i]+prices[i-1])
    * case3:
        * 第二次買:
        * secondB[i]=max(secondB[i-1], firstS[i]-prices[i-1])
    * case4:
        * 第二次賣:
        * secondS[i]=max(secondS[i-1], secondB[i]+prices[i-1])

## Python:
``` python=
class Solution(object):
    def maxProfit(self, prices):
        """
        :type prices: List[int]
        :rtype: int
        """
        n=len(prices)
        firstB=[0 for _ in range(n+1)]
        firstS=[0 for _ in range(n+1)]
        secondB=[0 for _ in range(n+1)]
        secondS=[0 for _ in range(n+1)]
        firstB[0]=float('-inf')
        secondB[0]=float('-inf')
        for i in range(1,n+1):
            firstB[i]=max(firstB[i-1], -prices[i-1])
            firstS[i]=max(firstS[i-1], firstB[i]+prices[i-1])
            secondB[i]=max(secondB[i-1], firstS[i]-prices[i-1])
            secondS[i]=max(secondS[i-1], secondB[i]+prices[i-1])
        return secondS[-1]
if __name__=='__main__':
    result=Solution()
    ans=result.maxProfit(prices = [3,3,5,0,0,3,1,4])
    print(ans) #6
```
