#3689

Maximum Total Subarray Value I

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array · greedy

Description

You are given an integer array nums of length n and an integer k.

You need to choose exactly k non-empty subarrays nums[l..r] of nums. Subarrays may overlap, and the exact same subarray (same l and r) can be chosen more than once.

The value of a subarray nums[l..r] is defined as: max(nums[l..r]) - min(nums[l..r]).

The total value is the sum of the values of all chosen subarrays.

Return the maximum possible total value you can achieve.

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