Problem:


Score : 500 points

Problem Statement

We have a deck consisting of N cards. Each card has an integer written on it. The integer on the i-th card from the top is a_i.

Two people X and Y will play a game using this deck. Initially, X has a card with Z written on it in his hand, and Y has a card with W written on it in his hand. Then, starting from X, they will alternately perform the following action:

Draw some number of cards from the top of the deck. Then, discard the card in his hand and keep the last drawn card instead. Here, at least one card must be drawn.

The game ends when there is no more card in the deck. The score of the game is the absolute difference of the integers written on the cards in the two players' hand.

X will play the game so that the score will be maximized, and Y will play the game so that the score will be minimized. What will be the score of the game?

Constraints

All input values are integers.

1 \leq N \leq 2000

1 \leq Z, W, a_i \leq 10^9

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

N Z W
a_1 a_2 ... a_N

Output

Print the score.

Sample Input 1

3 100 100
10 1000 100

Sample Output 1

900

If X draws two cards first, Y will draw the last card, and the score will be |1000 - 100| = 900.

Sample Input 2

3 100 1000
10 100 100

Sample Output 2

900

If X draws all the cards first, the score will be |1000 - 100| = 900.

Sample Input 3

5 1 1
1 1 1 1 1

Sample Output 3

0

Sample Input 4

1 1 1
1000000000

Sample Output 4

999999999



Sample input:
3 100 100
10 1000 100


Sample output:
900

Submission status: Runtime Error

Solution code:
/*
                                                                                                     
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*/


#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <cmath>
#include <string>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <map>
#include <set>
#include <queue>
#include <ostream>
#include <istream>
#include <typeinfo>
#include <iomanip>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cassert>
#include <limits>
#include <fstream>
#include <array>
#include <list>
#include <bitset>
#include <functional>

#define mt make_tuple
#define x first
#define y second
#define pb push_back
#define ppb pop_back
#define pf push_front
#define ppf pop_front
#define mp make_pair
#define umap unordered_map
#define uset unordered_set
#define rt return 0;
#define elif else if
#define len(v) ((int)v.size())


using namespace std;

char string_in_buffer[(int)260];


void fast_scan(int &x) { scanf("%d", &x); }
void fast_scan(long long &x) { scanf("%lld", &x); }
void fast_scan(unsigned long long &x) { scanf("%llu", &x); }
void fast_scan(double &x) { scanf("%lf", &x); }
void fast_scan(long double &x) { scanf("%Lf", &x); }
void fast_scan(char &x) { 
	scanf("%c", &x); 
	if (x == '\n') {
		fast_scan(x);
	}
}
void fast_scan(string &x) {
	scanf("%s", string_in_buffer);
	x = string(string_in_buffer);
}

template<class TFirst, class TSecond>
void fast_scan(pair<TFirst, TSecond> &p) {
	fast_scan(p.first);
	fast_scan(p.second);
}

template <class T>
void fast_scan(vector<T> &v) {
	for (auto &x : v) fast_scan(x);
}

void fast_print(const int &x) { printf("%d", x); }
void fast_print(const long long &x) { printf("%lld", x); }
void fast_print(const unsigned long long &x) { printf("%llu", x); }
void fast_print(const double &x) { printf("%.15lf", x); }
void fast_print(const long double &x) { printf("%.15Lf", x); }
void fast_print(const char &x) { printf("%c", x); };
void fast_print(const string &x) { printf("%s", x.c_str());}

template<class TFirst, class TSecond>
void fast_print(const pair<TFirst, TSecond> &p) {
	fast_print(p.first);
	fast_print(' ');
	fast_print(p.second);
}

template <class T>
void fast_print(const vector<T> &v) {
	if (v.empty()) return;
	fast_print(v[0]);
	for (int i = 1; i < v.size(); i++) {
		fast_print(" ");
		fast_print(v[i]);
	}
}

template <class T>
void fast_print(const vector<vector<T>> &v) {
	if (v.empty()) return;
	fast_print(v[0]);
	for (int i = 1; i < v.size(); i++) {
		fast_print("\n");
		fast_print(v[i]);
	}
}



using namespace std;


namespace smart_io {
	string print_start = "";
	string sep = " ";
	bool first_print = false;

	void precall_print() {
		fast_print(print_start);
		print_start = "\n";
		first_print = true;
	}
} //namespace smart_io


template <class T>
ostream &operator,(ostream &os, const T &object) {
	if (!smart_io::first_print) {
		fast_print(smart_io::sep);
	} else {
		smart_io::first_print = false;
	}
	fast_print(object);
	return os;
}

template <class T>
istream &operator,(istream &is, T &object) {
	fast_scan(object);
	return is;
}

namespace typedefs {
	typedef long long ll;
	typedef unsigned long long ull;
	typedef pair<int, int> pii;
	typedef long double ld;
}

namespace numbers_operation {
	template<class T>
	T floor_mod(T a, T b) {
		if (a % b == 0) return 0;
		if (a >= 0 && b >= 0) return a % b;
		if (a <= 0 && b <= 0) return a % b;
		return abs(b) - (abs(a) % abs(b));
	}
}

using namespace numbers_operation;
using namespace typedefs;

#define print    \
smart_io::precall_print(); \
cout,

#define scan cin,

int n, Z, W;
vector<int> v;

int get(int i, bool f) {
	if (i == -1) {
		return f ? Z : W;
	} else {
		return v[i];
	}
}

vector<vector<vector<int>>> mem(2448, vector<vector<int>>(2448, vector<int>(2, -1)));

int dp(int i, int j, bool fm) {
	if (mem[i + 1][j + 1][fm] != -1) return mem[i + 1][j + 1][fm];
	int next = max(i, j) + 1;
	if (next == n) {	
		return mem[i + 1][j + 1][fm] = abs(get(i, true) - get(j, false));
	} else {
		if (fm) {
			return mem[i + 1][j + 1][fm] = max(dp(next, j, false), dp(next, j, true));
		} else {
			return mem[i + 1][j + 1][fm] = min(dp(i, next, false), dp(i, next, true));
		}
	}
}

signed main(signed argc, char *argv[]) {
	scan n, Z, W;
	v.resize(n);
	scan v;

	print dp(-1, -1, true);
}

Submission status: Runtime Error

Solution code:
n, _, y = map(int, input().split())
a = list(map(int, input().split()))
a = [y] + a

memo = [[-1 for i in range(n + 1)] for j in range(2)]
def sol(i, turn):
    # ovaj drugi ima a[i]
    if memo[turn][i] != -1:
        return memo[turn][i]
    best = abs(a[i] - a[n])
    for j in range(i + 1, n):
        pot = sol(j, 1 - turn)
        if turn == 0:
            best = max(best, pot)
        else:
            best = min(best, pot)
    memo[turn][i] = best
    return best

print(sol(0, 0))

Submission status: Runtime Error

Solution code:
N, Z, W = map(int, input().split())
*A, = map(int, input().split())

memo = {}
def dfs(i, turn):
    if (i, turn) in memo:
        return memo[i, turn]
    if turn == 0:
        # X
        if i == 0:
            res = abs(W - A[-1])
        else:
            res = abs(A[i-1] - A[-1])
        for j in range(i+1, N):
            res = max(res, dfs(j, 1))
    else:
        # Y
        if i == 0:
            res = abs(Z - A[-1])
        else:
            res = abs(A[i-1] - A[-1])
        for j in range(i+1, N):
            res = min(res, dfs(j, 0))
    memo[i, turn] = res
    return res
print(dfs(0, 0))

Submission status: Runtime Error

Solution code:
/*
                                                                                                     
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                                               ``````                                               
*/


#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <cmath>
#include <string>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <map>
#include <set>
#include <queue>
#include <ostream>
#include <istream>
#include <typeinfo>
#include <iomanip>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <cassert>
#include <limits>
#include <fstream>
#include <array>
#include <list>
#include <bitset>
#include <functional>

#define mt make_tuple
#define x first
#define y second
#define pb push_back
#define ppb pop_back
#define pf push_front
#define ppf pop_front
#define mp make_pair
#define umap unordered_map
#define uset unordered_set
#define rt return 0;
#define elif else if
#define len(v) ((int)v.size())


using namespace std;

char string_in_buffer[(int)260];


void fast_scan(int &x) { scanf("%d", &x); }
void fast_scan(long long &x) { scanf("%lld", &x); }
void fast_scan(unsigned long long &x) { scanf("%llu", &x); }
void fast_scan(double &x) { scanf("%lf", &x); }
void fast_scan(long double &x) { scanf("%Lf", &x); }
void fast_scan(char &x) { 
	scanf("%c", &x); 
	if (x == '\n') {
		fast_scan(x);
	}
}
void fast_scan(string &x) {
	scanf("%s", string_in_buffer);
	x = string(string_in_buffer);
}

template<class TFirst, class TSecond>
void fast_scan(pair<TFirst, TSecond> &p) {
	fast_scan(p.first);
	fast_scan(p.second);
}

template <class T>
void fast_scan(vector<T> &v) {
	for (auto &x : v) fast_scan(x);
}

void fast_print(const int &x) { printf("%d", x); }
void fast_print(const long long &x) { printf("%lld", x); }
void fast_print(const unsigned long long &x) { printf("%llu", x); }
void fast_print(const double &x) { printf("%.15lf", x); }
void fast_print(const long double &x) { printf("%.15Lf", x); }
void fast_print(const char &x) { printf("%c", x); };
void fast_print(const string &x) { printf("%s", x.c_str());}

template<class TFirst, class TSecond>
void fast_print(const pair<TFirst, TSecond> &p) {
	fast_print(p.first);
	fast_print(' ');
	fast_print(p.second);
}

template <class T>
void fast_print(const vector<T> &v) {
	if (v.empty()) return;
	fast_print(v[0]);
	for (int i = 1; i < v.size(); i++) {
		fast_print(" ");
		fast_print(v[i]);
	}
}

template <class T>
void fast_print(const vector<vector<T>> &v) {
	if (v.empty()) return;
	fast_print(v[0]);
	for (int i = 1; i < v.size(); i++) {
		fast_print("\n");
		fast_print(v[i]);
	}
}



using namespace std;


namespace smart_io {
	string print_start = "";
	string sep = " ";
	bool first_print = false;

	void precall_print() {
		fast_print(print_start);
		print_start = "\n";
		first_print = true;
	}
} //namespace smart_io


template <class T>
ostream &operator,(ostream &os, const T &object) {
	if (!smart_io::first_print) {
		fast_print(smart_io::sep);
	} else {
		smart_io::first_print = false;
	}
	fast_print(object);
	return os;
}

template <class T>
istream &operator,(istream &is, T &object) {
	fast_scan(object);
	return is;
}

namespace typedefs {
	typedef long long ll;
	typedef unsigned long long ull;
	typedef pair<int, int> pii;
	typedef long double ld;
}

namespace numbers_operation {
	template<class T>
	T floor_mod(T a, T b) {
		if (a % b == 0) return 0;
		if (a >= 0 && b >= 0) return a % b;
		if (a <= 0 && b <= 0) return a % b;
		return abs(b) - (abs(a) % abs(b));
	}
}

using namespace numbers_operation;
using namespace typedefs;

#define print    \
smart_io::precall_print(); \
cout,

#define scan cin,

int n, Z, W;
vector<int> v;

int get(int i, bool f) {
	if (i == -1) {
		return f ? Z : W;
	} else {
		return v[i];
	}
}

int dp(int i, int j, bool fm) {
	int next = max(i, j) + 1;
	if (next == n) {	
		return abs(get(i, true) - get(j, false));
	} else {
		if (fm) {
			return max(dp(next, j, false), dp(next, j, true));
		} else {
			return min(dp(i, next, false), dp(i, next, true));
		}
	}
}

signed main(signed argc, char *argv[]) {
	scan n, Z, W;
	v.resize(n);
	scan v;


	print dp(-1, -1, true);
}