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Jump Game VIC++

Full explanation · Time O(n) · Space O(k)

// Time:  O(n)
// Space: O(k)

class Solution {
public:
    int maxResult(vector<int>& nums, int k) {
        int score = 0;
        deque<pair<int, int>> dq;
        for (int i = 0; i < size(nums); ++i) {
            if (!empty(dq) && dq.front().first == i - k - 1) {
                dq.pop_front();
            }
            score = empty(dq) ? nums[i] : dq.front().second + nums[i];
            while (!empty(dq) && dq.back().second <= score) {
                dq.pop_back();
            }
            dq.emplace_back(i, score);
        }
        return score;
    }
};