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Codeforces 696C — PLEASE

Codeforces 696C — PLEASE: a Go solution using direct simulation. Learn the idea, check the complexity, and read the full code, with credit to EndlessCheng Codeforces Go.

Technique
Direct simulation
Source
EndlessCheng Codeforces Go
Length
48 lines
Start with the idea.

Try the problem first. If you get stuck, read the approach below, then write your own solution. The full code is at the bottom.

Approach

Direct simulation

For Codeforces 696C — PLEASE, the implementation follows the problem’s operations directly while maintaining only the state needed for the next decision.

  1. Translate each rule into one explicit state update.
  2. Maintain the invariant after every processed item.
  3. Return the accumulated state once all relevant input has been handled.

Code notes

  • 48 lines of Go from the credited upstream file 696C.go.
  • The implementation keeps its working state in language-native values and containers.
  • No explicit loop blocks detected.

Complexity

Count the number and nesting of passes over the input, then include the maintained containers in the memory estimate.

Check the problem constraints before deciding whether this complexity will pass.

Source

Code and credit

This code comes from EndlessCheng Codeforces Go by Σndless (EndlessCheng) and is used under the MIT licence.

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Full codeCodeforces 696C — PLEASE · GoGo
Use this to learn the idea, then write your own version.
package main import (	"bufio"	. "fmt"	"io") // github.com/EndlessCheng/codeforces-gofunc CF696C(_r io.Reader, out io.Writer) {	in := bufio.NewReader(_r)	const mod int64 = 1e9 + 7	const mod2 = (mod + 1) / 2	const mod3 = (mod + 1) / 3	pow := func(x, n int64) int64 {		res := int64(1)		for ; n > 0; n >>= 1 {			if n&1 > 0 {				res = res * x % mod			}			x = x * x % mod		}		return res	} 	var n int	var v int64	q, even := int64(2), false	for Fscan(in, &n); n > 0; n-- {		Fscan(in, &v)		q = pow(q, v)		if v&1 == 0 {			even = true		}	}	// 实际上的幂次是 n-1	q = q * mod2 % mod	p := q	if even {		p++	} else {		p += mod - 1	}	Fprint(out, p*mod3%mod, "/", q)} //func main() { CF696C(os.Stdin, os.Stdout) }

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