Question

How to find the maximum value we can achieve by picking k elements from a list in Python

Answer 1

def max_sum_of_k(arr, k):
    arr_sorted = sorted(arr, reverse=True)
    return sum(arr_sorted[:k])

arr = [11, 2, 4, 9, 3, 6, 5, 1]
k = 3

print(max_sum_of_k(arr, k))  



'''
run:

26

'''

 

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