2025-08-17 14:16:59 +0000 UTC

Minimum Cost of Buying Candies With Discount
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class Solution:
    def minimumCost(self, cost: List[int]) -> int:
        cost.sort()
        res = 0
        while cost:
            if len(cost) > 2:
                res += cost.pop() + cost.pop()
                cost.pop()
            else:
                res += cost.pop()
        return res