Problem Link : http://train.usaco.org/usacoprob2?a=dOLJGJAE7bv&S=barn1
/* PROG: barn1 LANG: C++ */ #include <bits/stdc++.h> #define pii pair <int,int> #define sc scanf #define pf printf #define Pi 2*acos(0.0) #define ms(a,b) memset(a, b, sizeof(a)) #define pb(a) push_back(a) #define MP make_pair #define oo 1<<29 #define dd double #define ll long long #define EPS 10E-10 #define ff first #define ss second #define MAX 10000 #define CIN ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(0) #define SZ(a) (int)a.size() #define getint(a) scanf("%d",&a) #define getint2(a,b) scanf("%d%d",&a,&b) #define getint3(a,b,c) scanf("%d%d%d",&a,&b,&c) #define loop(i,n) for(int i=0;i<n;i++) #define TEST_CASE(t) for(int z=1;z<=t;z++) #define PRINT_CASE printf("Case %d: ",z) #define all(a) a.begin(),a.end() #define intlim 2147483648 #define inf 1000000 #define rtintlim 46340 #define llim 9223372036854775808 #define rtllim 3037000499 #define ull unsigned long long #define I int using namespace std; bool test(int a,int b) { return a>b; } int main() { freopen("barn1.in","r",stdin); freopen("barn1.out","w",stdout); int sum=0,ans=0,m,s,c; int ara[300],len[300]; cin>>m>>s>>c; loop(i,c) { cin>>ara[i]; } ms(len,0); sort(ara,ara+c); int maxx=ara[c-1]; int minx=ara[0]; int cnt=0; sum=maxx-minx+1; for(int i=1;i<c;i++) { len[cnt++]=ara[i]-ara[i-1]-1; } sort(len,len+cnt,test); loop(i,m-1) { ans+=len[i]; } cout<<sum-ans<<endl; return 0; }