#K81607. Range Sum Queries
Range Sum Queries
Range Sum Queries
You are given a sequence of N integers and Q queries. In each query, a pair of integers L and R is provided, and your task is to compute the sum of all elements in the sequence from index L to index R (both inclusive). Indices are 1-indexed.
One efficient approach involves using prefix sums. Define the prefix sum array prefix such that:
$$ prefix[i] = \sum_{j=1}^{i} a_j $$
Then the sum for a query [L, R] can be computed as:
$$ \text{sum} = prefix[R] - prefix[L-1] $$
This method ensures that each query is answered in constant time after an O(N) preprocessing step.
inputFormat
The input is read from stdin and has the following format:
- The first line contains two integers N and Q representing the number of elements in the sequence and the number of queries.
- The second line contains N space-separated integers — the elements of the sequence.
- The following Q lines each contain two integers, L and R, representing a query.
outputFormat
For each query, output a single line containing the sum of the sequence's elements in the range from L to R (inclusive). The result should be printed to stdout.
## sample5 3
3 2 4 5 1
1 3
2 5
1 5
9
12
15
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