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| 1 | +<h2><a href="https://leetcode.com/problems/maximum-difference-between-increasing-elements/?envType=daily-question&envId=2025-06-16">2016. Maximum Difference Between Increasing Elements</a></h2><h3>Easy</h3><hr><p>Given a <strong>0-indexed</strong> integer array <code>nums</code> of size <code>n</code>, find the <strong>maximum difference</strong> between <code>nums[i]</code> and <code>nums[j]</code> (i.e., <code>nums[j] - nums[i]</code>), such that <code>0 <= i < j < n</code> and <code>nums[i] < nums[j]</code>.</p> |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +<p>Return <em>the <strong>maximum difference</strong>. </em>If no such <code>i</code> and <code>j</code> exists, return <code>-1</code>.</p> |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +<p> </p> |
| 6 | +<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p> |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +<pre> |
| 9 | +<strong>Input:</strong> nums = [7,<strong><u>1</u></strong>,<strong><u>5</u></strong>,4] |
| 10 | +<strong>Output:</strong> 4 |
| 11 | +<strong>Explanation:</strong> |
| 12 | +The maximum difference occurs with i = 1 and j = 2, nums[j] - nums[i] = 5 - 1 = 4. |
| 13 | +Note that with i = 1 and j = 0, the difference nums[j] - nums[i] = 7 - 1 = 6, but i > j, so it is not valid. |
| 14 | +</pre> |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p> |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +<pre> |
| 19 | +<strong>Input:</strong> nums = [9,4,3,2] |
| 20 | +<strong>Output:</strong> -1 |
| 21 | +<strong>Explanation:</strong> |
| 22 | +There is no i and j such that i < j and nums[i] < nums[j]. |
| 23 | +</pre> |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +<p><strong class="example">Example 3:</strong></p> |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +<pre> |
| 28 | +<strong>Input:</strong> nums = [<strong><u>1</u></strong>,5,2,<strong><u>10</u></strong>] |
| 29 | +<strong>Output:</strong> 9 |
| 30 | +<strong>Explanation:</strong> |
| 31 | +The maximum difference occurs with i = 0 and j = 3, nums[j] - nums[i] = 10 - 1 = 9. |
| 32 | +</pre> |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +<p> </p> |
| 35 | +<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p> |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +<ul> |
| 38 | + <li><code>n == nums.length</code></li> |
| 39 | + <li><code>2 <= n <= 1000</code></li> |
| 40 | + <li><code>1 <= nums[i] <= 10<sup>9</sup></code></li> |
| 41 | +</ul> |
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