UVa 11683 - Laser Sculpture Solution

#include<iostream>
#include<list>
#include<string>
#include<cstring>
#include<sstream>
#include<cctype>
#include<string.h>
#include<algorithm>
#include<cmath>
#include<stack>
#include<fstream>
#include<cstdlib>
#include<vector>
#include<map>
#include<set>
#include<utility>
#include<iomanip>
#include<queue>

using namespace std;

#define INF (1<<29)
#define SET(a) memset(a,-1,sizeof(a))
#define ALL(a) a.begin(),a.end()
#define CLR(a) memset(a,0,sizeof(a))
#define FILL(a,v) memset(a,v,sizeof(a))
#define PB push_back
#define FOR(i,n) for(int i = 0;i<n;i++)
#define PI acos(-1.0)
#define EPS 1e-9
#define MP(a,b) make_pair(a,b)
#define min3(a,b,c) min(a,min(b,c))
#define max3(a,b,c) max(a,max(b,c))
#define READ freopen("input.txt", "r", stdin)
#define WRITE freopen("output.txt", "w", stdout)
#define LL long long
#define MX 1000010
#define MOD 1000000007

main()
{
    int a,c,high,res;
    while(cin>>a>>c)
    {
        if(a==0 || c==0)
        break;

        stack<int>stk;
        res=0;
        cin>>high;
        stk.push(high);
        for(int i=1;i<c;i++)
        {
            cin>>high;
            if(high>stk.top())
                res+=high-stk.top();

            stk.push(high);
        }
        res+=a-stk.top();
        cout<<res<<endl;
    }

}