Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock | Dataford Interview Questions

Best time to buy and sell stock.

Implement max_profit(prices) to return the maximum profit from exactly one buy followed by one sell, or 0 if no profit is possible. Input is a list of daily prices, and the output is an integer. Examples include [7, 1, 5, 3, 6, 4] -> 5 and [7, 6, 4, 3, 1] -> 0. Use 2 <= len(prices) <= 1000 and 0 <= prices[i] <= 10^4.

Constraints

2 <= prices.length <= 1000
0 <= prices[i] <= 10^4
At most one transaction is allowed
The buy day must occur before the sell day

Function Signature

def max_profit(prices):

Your question is Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock. Start with the requirements in the Question tab.

Run and submit as often as you like. When you're ready, talk me through your approach or go straight to the code.

Problem

Best time to buy and sell stock.

Constraints

2 <= prices.length <= 1000
0 <= prices[i] <= 10^4
At most one transaction is allowed
The buy day must occur before the sell day

Function Signature

def max_profit(prices):

Your question is Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock. Start with the requirements in the Question tab.

Run and submit as often as you like. When you're ready, talk me through your approach or go straight to the code.