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+#! /usr/bin/python3
+
+from copy import deepcopy
+
+def collectpoints(a):
+  m = []
+  st = 0
+  while st < len(a):
+    k = a[st]
+    e = st
+    while e < len(a) and a[e] == k:
+      e += 1
+    m.append([k, e - st])
+    st = e
+  rv = 0
+  stack = [[m, 0]]
+  while len(stack) > 0:
+    s = stack.pop()
+    if len(s[0]) == 0:
+      rv = max(rv, s[1])
+    else:
+      for i in range(len(s[0])):
+        ss = deepcopy(s)
+        ss[1] += ss[0][i][1] * ss[0][i][1]
+        del ss[0][i]
+        j = i
+        while True:
+          if j > 0 and j < len(ss[0]) and ss[0][j][0] == ss[0][j - 1][0]:
+            ss[0][j][1] += ss[0][j - 1][1]
+            del ss[0][j - 1]
+            j -= 1
+          else:
+            break
+        stack.append(ss)
+  return rv
+
+import unittest
+
+class TestCollectpoints(unittest.TestCase):
+
+  def test_ex1(self):
+    self.assertEqual(collectpoints([2, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 4, 2]), 23, 'example 1')
+
+  def test_ex2(self):
+    self.assertEqual(collectpoints([1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1]), 20, 'example 2')
+
+  def test_ex3(self):
+    self.assertEqual(collectpoints([1]), 1, 'example 3')
+
+  def test_ex4(self):
+    self.assertEqual(collectpoints([2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2]), 40, 'example 4')
+
+unittest.main()