Issue with the recent contest for question (Buying Candies)

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My code got wa for the same question but the same answer got accepted for other user.
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Or if there is some corner case that I am missing … then help me

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Overflow in your case ig. The constraints were too big for long . The other user has used long long int .

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What’s wrong with mine ?
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probably the test cases are wrong, check this

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And moreover , technically O(T*N *log(N)) solution should give TLE as T<=1000 and N<=100000. It should be a linear over the price array to find the optimal choice.

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Some test case to know why this is wrong.

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I have tried with long long too during contest but still got wa

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yeah , I also think that

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It is actually the case check the codes in this thread, assertion proves it all. Test cases were wrong.

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Yes , even long long int is giving WA verdict . I have no idea what exactly is going wrong.

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@cubefreak777 The standing is updated. Have a look.

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I think the test cases are wrong.

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Thanks a lot for such a prompt response, I sincerely appreciate it.

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