Coins in a Line

Problem Description

There are A coins (Assume A is even) in a line.

Two players take turns to take a coin from one of the ends of the line until there are no more coins left.

The player with the larger amount of money wins, Assume that you go first.

Return the maximum amount of money you can win.

NOTE:

You can assume that opponent is clever and plays optimally.

Problem Constraints

1 <= length(A) <= 500

1 <= A[i] <= 10⁵

Input Format

The first and the only argument of input contains an integer array A.

Output Format

Return an integer representing the maximum amount of money you can win.

Example Input

Input 1:

 A = [1, 2, 3, 4]

Input 2:

 A = [5, 4, 8, 10]

Example Output

Output 1:

Output 2:

Example Explanation

Explanation 1:

You : Pick 4 Opponent : Pick 3 You : Pick 2 Opponent : Pick 1

Total money with you : 4 + 2 = 6

Explanation 2:

You : Pick 10 Opponent : Pick 8 You : Pick 5 Opponent : Pick 4

Total money with you : 10 + 5 = 15

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