How do I resolve sigabrt error on codechef ide - c++

Question

Sigabrt runtime error occurs of a fatal error, because of an assert statement not returning true? Or use of excessive memory, I'm not able to figure out what I'm doing wrong here, help me out?
( problem 1343 C on codeforces) link
so here's the code.
#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include<vector>
using namespace std;
int check(int i,vector<int> a) {
if (a[i] > 0) {
return 1;
}
else return 0;
}
int main() {
int t;
cin >> t;
while (t--)
{
long int n;
cin >> n;
vector<int> a(n), b;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
cin >> a[i];
}
int i = 0;
while (i < n)
{
int max = a[i];
int s = check(i,a);
i++;
while (i<n && check(i,a)== s) {
if (a[i] > max)max = a[i];
i++;
}
b.push_back(max);
}
int s = 0;
for (int k = 0; k< b.size(); k++) {
s += b[i];
}
cout << s << endl;
}
}

Answer 1

I have debugged your code and also the modified code has been accepted for the above question.
Mistakes you made:
1. In the below loop, value at i'th index of vector<int> b is being added to long int s. Instead, b[k] should be added to long int s because the variable being used in the loop is k not i.
for (int k = 0; k< b.size(); k++) {
s += b[i];
}
2. In the question, range of variable n is given as (1 ≤ n ≤ 2.10^5). So, it is safe to use int n instead of long int n. Also, when I submitted my code on codeforces it gave me signed integer overflow error when I used long int n.
3. You need to use long long s instead of long int s because the value of each element of array A lies between (−10^9 ≤ a[i] ≤ 10^9 , ai ≠ 0) and when we add the elements it can easily surpass int and long int ranges.
4. Although, the answer got accepted when I used vector<int> a in the function
int check(int i,vector<int> a) {
if (a[i] > 0) {
return 1;
}
else return 0;
}
But as the user Scheff has said and is correct that it comes with a penalty in space and time, you should use call by reference i.e. vector<int> &a.
Modified Code:
#include <iostream>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include<vector>
using namespace std;
int check(int i, vector<int> &a) {
if (a[i] > 0) {
return 1;
}
else return 0;
}
int main() {
int t;
cin >> t;
while (t--)
{
int n;
cin >> n;
vector<int> a(n), b;
for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
cin >> a[i];
}
int i = 0;
while (i < n)
{
int max = a[i];
int s = check(i,a);
i++;
while ((i<n) && (check(i,a)== s)) {
if (a[i] > max)
max = a[i];
i++;
}
b.push_back(max);
}
long long s = 0;
for (int k = 0; k< b.size(); k++) {
s += b[k];
}
cout << s << endl;
}
}
Screenshot of Accepted Answer: