package main import ( "fmt" ) func maxInt(x, y int) int { if x > y { return x } return y } // DP? try to understand func rob(nums []int) int { odd, even := 0, 0 for i := 0; i < len(nums); i++ { // if idx is odd if i&1 == 1 { // rob this store (+nums[i]), or not (even) odd = maxInt(odd+nums[i], even) } else { // rob this store (+nums[i]), or not (odd) even = maxInt(even+nums[i], odd) } } return maxInt(odd, even) } func main() { arr := []int{1, 2, 435, 6543, 31, 43, 543, 21, 532} fmt.Println(rob(arr)) }