[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So, this has no real world use, aside from posting it on a website. I don't think you're quite right. We never know where we gain and where we lose.
> So clearly it served a very useful purpose! ;) Thanks, Manuel! > your question is different than the question on this website. Not exactly so (maybe I'm wrong here). How I did it (but got TLE - Time Limit Exceeded (which is 9 seconds)). Firstly I find ordering numbers when moving from left to the right; then I find ord. numbers for backward direction AND for DECREASING subsequences: 4 5 1 2 3 6 7 8 << the list itself 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 << ordering numbers for forward direction 2 1 6 5 4 3 2 1 << ordering numbers for backward direction === 3 3 7 7 7 7 7 7 << sums of the pairs of ord. numbers Now those numbers with sum_of_ord.pair = max + 1 = 6 + 1 are the answer. So the answer for your sample is: 1 2 3 6 7 8 Btw, I did it in Pascal. Honestly, I don't believe it can be done in Python (of course I mean only the imposed time limit). http://spoj.sphere.pl/status/SUPPER/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
