Create maximize-score-after-pair-deletions.py

Author: kamyu104

Python/maximize-score-after-pair-deletions.py

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+# Time:  O(n)
+# Space: O(1)
+
+# greedy
+class Solution(object):
+    def maxScore(self, nums):
+        """
+        :type nums: List[int]
+        :rtype: int
+        """
+        return sum(nums)-min(nums) if len(nums)%2 else sum(nums)-min(nums[i]+nums[i+1] for i in xrange(len(nums)-1))