## arrScore = ["5", "2", "C", "D", "+"] ## Example 1 ## arrScore = ["5", "-2", "4", "C", "D", "9", "+", "+"] ## Example 2 ## arrScore = ["7", "D", "D", "C", "+", "3"] ## Example 3 ## arrScore = ["-5", "-10", "+", "D", "C", "+"] ## Example 4 arrScore = ["3", "6", "+", "D", "C", "8", "+", "D", "-2", "C", "+"] ## Example 5 nIndx = 0 while nIndx < len(arrScore): strElem = arrScore[nIndx] if "-" in strElem: arrScore[nIndx] = -1 * int(strElem.replace("-", "")) elif strElem.isdigit(): arrScore[nIndx] = int(strElem) elif strElem == "+": arrScore[nIndx] = sum(arrScore[nIndx - 2 : nIndx]) elif strElem == "C": del arrScore[nIndx] del arrScore[nIndx - 1] nIndx = nIndx - 1 continue elif strElem == "D": arrScore[nIndx] = 2 * int(arrScore[nIndx - 1]) nIndx = nIndx + 1 ## print (arrScore) print (sum(arrScore))