card_game.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

def solution(left, right):
  total = 0
  indexOfLeft = 0
  indexOfRight = 0
  lengthOfLeft = len(left)
  lengthOfRight = len(right)

  while( (lengthOfLeft != indexOfLeft) and (lengthOfRight != indexOfRight) ):
    l = left[indexOfLeft]
    r = right[indexOfRight]

    if l > r :
      total = total + r
      indexOfRight = indexOfRight + 1
      continue
    
    if l <= r :
      additionalIndex = 0
      for i in range(indexOfLeft+1, lengthOfLeft):
        l = left[i]
        if l > r :
          additionalIndex = additionalIndex + 1
          break
      
      if additionalIndex > 0 :
        indexOfLeft = indexOfLeft + additionalIndex
      else :
        indexOfLeft = indexOfLeft + 1
        indexOfRight = indexOfRight + 1
      continue

  return total