Getting wrong answer in Stone Game

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why do i get wrong answer for stone game: CodeChef: Practical coding for everyone

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@hanisha: ur program fails for the following case:

Testcase:

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1 2 1 2 1

ur program outputs ALICE but result should be BOB, because

  1. in 1st turn consider alice removes the stones at 1st position. the array will become 0 2 1 2 1.
  2. in bob’s turn if bob removes the stones at 2nd position, the array is 0 0 1 2 1.
  3. in the next turn since there are no stones such that a[i]>=i, ALICE loses, BOB wins being the last to have removed the stones.

the reason for WA is that ur program stops as soon as it encounters the first i such that a[i]>=i, but the program asks to calculate the total i where a[i]>=i.

link to the WA solution.

link to corrected solution.

if there are even number of a[i]>=i BOB wins,else ALICE wins.