// 2140. Solving Questions With Brainpower #include #include #include /* * given a 0-indexed 2d integer array 'questions' where 'questions[i] = * [pointsi, brainpoweri]'. the array describes the questions of an exam, where * you have to process the questions in order (ie starting from question 0) and * make a decision whether to solve or skip each question. solving question 'i' * will earn you 'pointsi' points, but you will be unable to solve each of the * next 'brainpoweri' questions. if you skip question 'i', yo get to make the * decision on the next question. return maximum points you can score. * */ long long mostPoints(int **questions, int questions_size, int *questions_col_size) { long long *dp = malloc((questions_size + 1) * sizeof(long long)); dp[questions_size] = 0; for (int i = questions_size - 1; i >= 0; i--) { int k = fmin(i + questions[i][1] + 1, questions_size); dp[i] = fmax(questions[i][0] + dp[k], dp[i + 1]); } long long ans = dp[0]; free(dp); return ans; } int main() { int q1[4][2] = {{3, 2}, {4, 3}, {4, 4}, {2, 5}}, qs1 = 4, qcs1[] = {}; int q2[5][2] = {{1, 1}, {2, 2}, {3, 3}, {4, 4}, {5, 5}}, qs2 = 5, qcs2[] = {}; printf("%lld\n", mostPoints(q1, qs1, qcs1)); // expect: 5 printf("%lld\n", mostPoints(q2, qs2, qcs2)); // expect: 7 }