Medium data structure and algorithm practice puzzle.
Given a list of scoreboard commands, return the total. A number is a new score. "C" cancels the last score. "D" adds a new score that's double the last one. "+" adds a new score that's the last two added together. Keep the scores on a stack, since every command looks back at the most recent ones, then add them all up.
Solve it three ways: snap the jigsaw pieces together, fill in the blanks, or type it from scratch against the tests. This one is free.
Every line of the solution comes with a note explaining why it is there, and a step by step replay shows the code running. At level 3, where you type it yourself, you can ask for an AI mock interview on this problem that ends with a hiring manager's scorecard.
Then grow it into a real project with the Software Engineer button: this puzzle becomes the Order Expression Evaluator, a pipeline you can run and download. See every Software Engineer project.
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