Class Solution

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    2551 - Put Marbles in Bags.

    Hard

    You have k bags. You are given a 0-indexed integer array weights where weights[i] is the weight of the <code>i<sup>th</sup></code> marble. You are also given the integer k.

    Divide the marbles into the k bags according to the following rules:

    • No bag is empty.

    • If the <code>i<sup>th</sup></code> marble and <code>j<sup>th</sup></code> marble are in a bag, then all marbles with an index between the <code>i<sup>th</sup></code> and <code>j<sup>th</sup></code> indices should also be in that same bag.

    • If a bag consists of all the marbles with an index from i to j inclusively, then the cost of the bag is weights[i] + weights[j].

    The score after distributing the marbles is the sum of the costs of all the k bags.

    Return the difference between the maximum and minimum scores among marble distributions.

    Example 1:

    Input: weights = 1,3,5,1, k = 2

    Output: 4

    Explanation:

    The distribution 1,3,5,1 results in the minimal score of (1+1) + (3+1) = 6.

    The distribution 1,3,5,1, results in the maximal score of (1+3) + (5+1) = 10.

    Thus, we return their difference 10 - 6 = 4.

    Example 2:

    Input: weights = 1, 3, k = 2

    Output: 0

    Explanation:

    The only distribution possible is 1,3.

    Since both the maximal and minimal score are the same, we return 0.

    Constraints:

    • <code>1 <= k <= weights.length <= 10<sup>5</sup></code>

    • <code>1 <= weightsi<= 10<sup>9</sup></code>

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      final Long putMarbles(IntArray weights, Integer k)
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