You have k
bags. You are given a 0-indexed integer array weights
where weights[i]
is the weight of the ith marble. You are also given the integer k
.
Divide the marbles into the k bags according to the following rules:
i
to j
inclusively, then the cost of the bag is weights[i] + weights[j]
.The score after distributing the marbles is the sum of the costs of all the k
bags.
Return the difference between the maximum and minimum scores among marble distributions.
Example 1:
Input: weights = [1,3,5,1], k = 2
Output: 4
Explanation:
The distribution [1],[3,5,1] results in the minimal score of (1+1) + (3+1) = 6.
The distribution [1,3],[5,1], results in the maximal score of (1+3) + (5+1) = 10.
Thus, we return their difference 10 - 6 = 4.
Example 2:
Input: weights = [1, 3], k = 2
Output: 0
Explanation: The only distribution possible is [1],[3].
Since both the maximal and minimal score are the same, we return 0.
Constraints:
k
<= weights.length
<= 105weights[i]
<= 109
class Solution:
def putMarbles(self, weights: List[int], k: int) -> int:
arr = sorted(map(sum, pairwise(weights)))
return sum(arr[len(arr)-k+1:]) - sum(arr[:k-1])
Yen-Chi ChenSun, Jul 9, 2023