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There are n children standing in a line. Each child is assigned a rating value given in the integer array ratings.



You are giving candies to these children subjected to the following requirements:




  • Each child must have at least one candy.

  • Children with a higher rating get more candies than their neighbors.



Return the minimum number of candies you need to have to distribute the candies to the children.



 


Example 1:



Input: ratings = [1,0,2]
Output: 5
Explanation: You can allocate to the first, second and third child with 2, 1, 2 candies respectively.


Example 2:



Input: ratings = [1,2,2]
Output: 4
Explanation: You can allocate to the first, second and third child with 1, 2, 1 candies respectively.
The third child gets 1 candy because it satisfies the above two conditions.


 


Constraints:




  • n == ratings.length

  • 1 <= n <= 2 * 104

  • 0 <= ratings[i] <= 2 * 104


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