C Program to find max absolute sum

gistfile1.txt

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

int compareIntegers(const void *a, const void *b) {
    return (*(int*)a - *(int*)b);
}

int solve(int* sec_values, char* s) {
    int n = strlen(s);
    int aux[n];

    for (int i = 0; i < strlen(s); i++) {
        aux[i] = sec_values[s[i] - 'a'];
    }

    qsort(aux, strlen(s), sizeof(int), compareIntegers);
    
    for(int i = 0; i < n; i++){
        printf(" %d", aux[i]);    
    }
    
    int sum = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < n - 1; i++) {
        sum += abs(aux[i + 1] - aux[i]);
    }

    return sum;
}

int main() {
    int sec_values[] = {1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 3, 5, 7, 1, 1, 5, 5, 8, 10, 11, 1, 23, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 1, 6, 5, 9};
    char encrypted_message[] = "afeb";
    
    int result = solve(sec_values, encrypted_message);
    printf("%d\n", result);

    return 0;
}