Maximum Points from Cards | Dataford Interview Questions

Maximum Points You Can Obtain from Cards.

Asked in the Coding 1 stage. Given an array cardPoints and integer k, choose exactly k cards from either the beginning or the end and return the maximum possible score.

Contract

Implement def max_score(cardPoints, k):. Return an integer.

Constraints

1 <= k <= len(cardPoints) <= 10^5
0 <= cardPoints[i] <= 10^4
Exactly k cards must be selected
Each selected card must come from the beginning or the end

Function Signature

def max_score(cardPoints, k):

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