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Alice and Bob take turns playing a game, with Alice starting first.
\r\n\r\nThere are n
stones arranged in a row. On each player's turn, while the number of stones is more than one, they will do the following:
x > 1
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stones from the row.The game stops when only one stone is left in the row.
\r\n\r\nThe score difference between Alice and Bob is (Alice's score - Bob's score)
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Given an integer array stones
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represents the value of the ith
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Example 1:
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Example 2:
\r\n\r\n\r\nInput: stones = [7,-6,5,10,5,-2,-6]\r\nOutput: 13\r\nExplanation:\r\n- Alice removes all stones, adds 7 + (-6) + 5 + 10 + 5 + (-2) + (-6) = 13 to her score, and places a\r\n stone of value 13 on the left. stones = [13].\r\nThe difference between their scores is 13 - 0 = 13.\r\n\r\n\r\n
Example 3:
\r\n\r\n\r\nInput: stones = [-10,-12]\r\nOutput: -22\r\nExplanation:\r\n- Alice can only make one move, which is to remove both stones. She adds (-10) + (-12) = -22 to her\r\n score and places a stone of value -22 on the left. stones = [-22].\r\nThe difference between their scores is (-22) - 0 = -22.\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Constraints:
\r\n\r\nn == stones.length
2 <= n <= 105
-104 <= stones[i] <= 104
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