Code RoomBest time buy sell stock
EasyPrep Room Coding #1588

Best time buy sell stock

CodingAlgorithms & data structuresEntry–Mid~15 min

Given daily prices, return the maximum profit from a single buy-then-sell. Return 0 if no profit is possible.

Implement
max_profit(prices: list[int]) → int
Examples
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What a strong answer looks like

State your approach and its time/space complexity out loud before you optimize. Handle the edge cases (empty input, duplicates, overflow), and say why you chose this over the brute force. Green tests are the floor, not the grade.

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InputExpectedGot
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