# Program to find sum of all odd length subarrays in Python

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Suppose we have an array of positive values called nums, we have to find the sum of all possible odd-length subarrays. As we know a subarray is a contiguous subsequence of the array. We have to find the sum of all odd-length subarrays of nums.

So, if the input is like nums = [3,8,2,5,7], then the output will be The odd-length subarrays are −

nums[0] = 3
nums[1] = 8
nums[2] = 2
nums[3] = 5
nums[4] = 7
nums[0..2], so sum = 13
nums[1..3], so sum = 15
nums[2..4], so sum = 14
nums[0..4] = 25
So total sum is 3+8+2+5+7+13+15+14+25 = 92

To solve this, we will follow these steps −

• total:= 0

• idx:= 0

• l:= a list of all odd placed indices

• while idx < size of l, do

• k:= l[idx]

• for i in range 0 to size of nums, do

• if i+k < size of nums + 1, then

• total := total + sum of all elements in nums from index i to i+k-1

• idx := idx + 1

## Example (Python)

Let us see the following implementation to get better understanding −

Live Demo

def solve(nums):
total=0
idx=0
l=[i for i in range(len(nums)+1) if i%2!=0]

while(idx<len(l)):
k=l[idx]
for i in range(len(nums)):
if i+k < len(nums)+1:
total+=sum(nums[i:i+k])
idx+=1

nums = [3,8,2,5,7]
print(solve(nums))

## Input

[3,8,2,5,7]

## Output

92
Updated on 17-May-2021 13:01:13