candies problem

function candies(n, arr) {
    var ans = 0
    var values = []
    values[0] = 1
    for (let i=1; i< n; i++) {
        if (arr[i-1] < arr[i]) {
            values[i] = values[i-1] +1
        } else {
            values[i] = 1
        }
    }
  
    
    ans = values[n - 1];
    for (let i= n-2 ; i >= 0 ; i--) {
        if (arr[i] > arr[i+1]) {
            tmp = values[i+1] + 1
        } else {
            tmp = 1
        }
        
        ans = ans + Math.max(tmp, values[i])
    }
    return ans
}

var arr = [1, 2, 2]

console.log(candies(3, arr))