# Video Explanation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w60Zi1NtL8&feature=emb_logo from __future__ import annotations def maximum_non_adjacent_sum(nums: list[int]) -> int: """ Find the maximum non-adjacent sum of the integers in the nums input list >>> maximum_non_adjacent_sum([1, 2, 3]) 4 >>> maximum_non_adjacent_sum([1, 5, 3, 7, 2, 2, 6]) 18 >>> maximum_non_adjacent_sum([-1, -5, -3, -7, -2, -2, -6]) 0 >>> maximum_non_adjacent_sum([499, 500, -3, -7, -2, -2, -6]) 500 """ if not nums: return 0 max_including = nums[0] max_excluding = 0 for num in nums[1:]: max_including, max_excluding = ( max_excluding + num, max(max_including, max_excluding), ) return max(max_excluding, max_including) if __name__ == "__main__": import doctest doctest.testmod()