title: Maximum Sum Subsequence Least K Distant Elements
signature: def maximumSumSubsequenceLeastKDistantElements(arr: List[Int], n: Int, k: Int) = {
test_code: import scala.collection.mutable.HashMap
  import scala.collection.immutable.HashSet
  
  
  // SOLUTION CODE
  // ============================================
  PLACEHOLDER_CODE_BODY
  
  
  // TESTING CODE 
  // ============================================
  def validateSolution(actual: Int , expected: Int): Boolean = {
      actual.toString == expected.toString
  }
  
  def driver(arr: List[Int], n: Int, k: Int, expected: Int): String = {
      try {
          if (validateSolution(PLACEHOLDER_FN_NAME(arr, n, k),expected)) {
              "PASSED"
          } else{
              "FAILED"
          }
      }catch{
          case e: Exception => {e.getClass.getName}
      }
  
  }
  object QuestionEvaluator extends App {
  
      println(s"TEST-0...${driver(
        List(3, 5, 20, 21, 23, 26, 27, 31, 33, 38, 39, 41, 48, 48, 50, 51, 56, 57, 64, 68, 69, 70, 71, 74, 76, 86, 97), 23, 15, 
        98    
      )}")   
  
  
      println(s"TEST-1...${driver(
        List(32, 34, -40, 90, -82, -70, 30, 26, -76, -46, -84, 76, -76), 9, 10, 
        90    
      )}")   
  
  
      println(s"TEST-2...${driver(
        List(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1), 22, 34, 
        0    
      )}")   
  
  
      println(s"TEST-3...${driver(
        List(96, 15, 30, 25, 83), 2, 3, 
        96    
      )}")   
  
  
      println(s"TEST-4...${driver(
        List(-90, -82, -80, -76, -62, -58, -50, -48, -46, -38, -38, -38, -38, -38, -34, -32, -24, -22, -16, -16, -4, -2, 10, 10, 20, 26, 26, 32, 38, 38, 44, 44, 46, 48, 58, 62, 64, 66, 76, 78, 78, 82, 92, 96, 96, 98), 27, 30, 
        26    
      )}")   
  
  
      println(s"TEST-5...${driver(
        List(1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0), 9, 9, 
        1    
      )}")   
  
  
      println(s"TEST-6...${driver(
        List(1, 2, 9, 17, 24, 31, 31, 33, 56, 57, 61, 71, 73, 74, 76, 77, 79, 83, 86, 95, 99), 12, 10, 
        72    
      )}")   
  
  
      println(s"TEST-7...${driver(
        List(-12, 52, -44, 80, -66, 34, 42, -46, 8, 12, -22, -56, 74, -98, -44, 2, -24, -14, -54, -56, -26, -18, -72), 13, 19, 
        80    
      )}")   
  
  
      println(s"TEST-8...${driver(
        List(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1), 13, 13, 
        1    
      )}")   
  
  
      println(s"TEST-9...${driver(
        List(65, 1, 34, 38, 15, 6, 55, 21, 32, 90, 39, 25, 43, 48, 64, 66, 88, 70, 82, 75, 25, 56, 23, 27, 41, 33, 33, 55, 60, 90, 41, 58, 42, 53, 38, 90, 7, 15), 37, 33, 
        155    
      )}")   
  
  }
  
source_py: def maximum_sum_subsequence_least_k_distant_elements(arr, N, k):
      MS = [0 for i in range(N)]
      MS[(N - 1)] = arr[(N - 1)]
      for i in range((N - 2), (- 1), (- 1)):
          if (((i + k) + 1) >= N):
              MS[i] = max(arr[i], MS[(i + 1)])
          else:
              MS[i] = max((arr[i] + MS[((i + k) + 1)]), MS[(i + 1)])
      return MS[0]
source_cpp: int maximum_sum_subsequence_least_k_distant_elements(vector<int> arr, int N, int k) {
    int MS [ N ];
    MS [ N - 1 ] = arr [ N - 1 ];
    for ( int i = N - 2;
    i >= 0;
    i -- ) {
      if ( i + k + 1 >= N ) MS [ i ] = max ( arr [ i ], MS [ i + 1 ] );
      else MS [ i ] = max ( arr [ i ] + MS [ i + k + 1 ], MS [ i + 1 ] );
    }
    return MS [ 0 ];
  }