#3038 - Maximum Number of Operations With the Same Score I

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Problem Description

You are given an array of integers nums. Consider the following operation:

Delete the first two elements nums and define the score of the operation as the sum of these two elements.

You can perform this operation until nums contains fewer than two elements. Additionally, the same score must be achieved in all operations.

Return the maximum number of operations you can perform.

Solution

/**
 * @param {number[]} nums
 * @return {number}
 */
var maxOperations = function(nums) {
  let result = 0;
  const targetScore = nums[0] + nums[1];

  for (let i = 0; i < nums.length - 1; i += 2) {
    if (nums[i] + nums[i + 1] === targetScore) {
      result++;
    } else {
      break;
    }
  }

  return result;
};