Associate Software Engineer

Alice and Bob are eating a row of n candies. The size of the i-th candy is given by a_i. Alice eats from the left, and Bob eats from the right.

The game unfolds in alternating moves, with Alice starting first.

• Move 1 (Alice): Alice eats exactly one candy from the left.
• Subsequent Moves: On their turn, a player must eat one or more candies from their side such that the total size of candies eaten in their current move is strictly greater than the total size eaten by the opponent in their previous move. They should eat the minimum number of candies required to satisfy this condition.
• Game End: If a player cannot meet the "strictly greater" condition, they eat all remaining candies on their side, and the game immediately ends.

Your task is to simulate the game and report the total number of moves, the total size of candies eaten by Alice, and the total size of candies eaten by Bob.

It was an easy question designed to test basic coding knowledge using for loops.

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