test_cases = [ ("764", 3), ("6274861", 14), ] for test_num, (input_data, expected) in enumerate(test_cases, 1): f = open('INPUT.TXT', 'w') f.write(input_data) f.close() number = input_data number = number.replace('\n', '').replace('\r', '').replace(' ', '') n = len(number) max_sum = -999999999 for skip in range(n): s = 0 pos = 0 for i in range(n): if i != skip: if pos % 2 == 0: s = s + int(number[i]) else: s = s - int(number[i]) pos = pos + 1 if s > max_sum: max_sum = s result = max_sum status = "OK" if result == expected else "FAIL" print(f"Test {test_num}: input={input_data}, expected={expected}, got={result} - {status}") if result != expected: print(f" Details for {input_data}:") for skip in range(n): new_num = number[:skip] + number[skip+1:] s = 0 pos = 0 for i in range(n): if i != skip: if pos % 2 == 0: s = s + int(number[i]) else: s = s - int(number[i]) pos = pos + 1 print(f" Remove pos {skip} (digit '{number[skip]}'): {new_num} -> sum={s}")