Why is this code giving Runtime Error? - Problem Chef and Bulb Invention

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Hello, I can’t seem to understand why this code is giving Runtime Error:
The problem is CHFINVNT Problem - CodeChef.
This code runs the testcases just fine.

import math
t = int(input())

for _ in range(t):
    
    n,p,k = map(int,input().split(' '))
    
    freq_leftovers = [0 for i in range(0, k)]
    
    for j in range(0,n):
        freq_leftovers[j%k]+=1
        
    ans=0
    
    if p%k != 0:
        for l in range(0, p%k):
            ans+=freq_leftovers[l]
        print(ans+math.floor(p/k)+1)
        
    else:
        print(ans+math.floor(p/k)+1)
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Looking at the data range, you are trying to create a list of size 1e9, which gives the RTE.

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Wow that’s true, I did not think of that! Thank you!

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The code you’ve provided is for a problem called “Chef and Bulb Invention” and is trying to determine the number of bulbs that can be made from a given number of leftovers.

The code seems to be mostly correct, but there is an error which is causing it to give a runtime error.

The error is in the first for loop where it is iterating from 0 to n, but it should be iterating from 0 to n-1. The reason is that the index of the list starts from 0 and the last index will be n-1.

You should change the line for j in range(0,n): to for j in range(0,n-1): this will fix the issue and the code should work as expected.

Also, there is another issue in the code, the variable freq_leftovers is defined with [0 for i in range(0, k)] which is causing it to have k element but the needed length is k-1. The reason is that the element with the index k-1 is missing.

You should change the line freq_leftovers = [0 for i in range(0, k)] to freq_leftovers = [0 for i in range(0, k-1)].