Monthly Revenue Split Function | Dataford Interview Questions

Write a function that splits a full year's revenue evenly across the 12 months, handling the case where the amount is not evenly divisible.

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Contract

Implement split_revenue(total) using integer revenue units. Return a list of exactly 12 integers. Each month receives either total // 12 or one unit more, the monthly values sum to total, and any remainder is assigned to the earliest months.

Constraints

0 <= total <= 10^12
total is an integer
The output must contain exactly 12 integers
The output values must sum to total
Each output value differs from another by at most 1

Function Signature

def split_revenue(total):

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