1046. Last Stone Weight

leetcode.com/problems/last-stone-weight/

Last Stone Weight - LeetCode

class Solution(object):
    def lastStoneWeight(self, stones):
        while len(stones) > 1:
            stones.sort(reverse=True)
            stones.append(abs(stones[0] - stones[1]))
            stones.pop(0)
            stones.pop(0)
        
        return stones[0]

leetcode.com/problems/last-stone-weight/discuss/576384/Python-solution.-Simplest-.2-line

class Solution:
    def lastStoneWeight(self, stones: List[int]) -> int:
        while len(stones) > 1: stones.append(stones.pop(stones.index(max(stones))) - stones.pop(stones.index(max(stones))))
        return stones[0]