Given two arrays arr1[] and arr2[] each of size N. The task is to choose some elements from both arrays such that no two elements have the same index and no two consecutive numbers can be selected from a single array. Find the maximum sum possible of the above-chosen numbers.
Examples:
Input : arr1[] = {9, 3, 5, 7, 3}, arr2[] = {5, 8, 1, 4, 5}
Output : 29
Select first, third and fifth element from the first array.
Select the second and fourth element from the second array.Input : arr1[] = {1, 2, 9}, arr2[] = {10, 1, 1}
Output : 19
Select last element from the first array and first element from the second array.
Approach : 
This problem is based on dynamic programming. 
- Let dp(i, 1) be the maximum sum of the newly selected elements if the last element was taken from the position(i-1, 1).
 - dp(i, 2) is the same but the last element taken has the position (i-1, 2)
 - dp(i, 3) the same but we didn’t take any element from position i-1
 
Recursion relations are :
dp(i, 1)=max(dp (i – 1, 2) + arr(i, 1), dp(i – 1, 3) + arr(i, 1), arr(i, 1) );
dp(i, 2)=max(dp(i – 1, 1) + arr(i, 2 ), dp(i – 1, 3) + arr (i, 2), arr(i, 2));
dp(i, 3)=max(dp(i- 1, 1), dp( i-1, 2) ).
We don’t actually need dp( i, 3), if we update dp(i, 1) as max(dp(i, 1), dp(i-1, 1)) and dp(i, 2) as max(dp(i, 2), dp(i-1, 2)).
Thus, dp(i, j) is the maximum total sum of the elements that are selected if the last element was taken from the position (i-1, 1) or less. The same with dp(i, 2). Therefore the answer to the above problem is max(dp(n, 1), dp(n, 2)).
Below is the implementation of the above approach :
C++
// CPP program to maximum sum // combination from two arrays#include <bits/stdc++.h>using namespace std;// Function to maximum sum // combination from two arraysint Max_Sum(int arr1[], int arr2[], int n){    // To store dp value    int dp[n][2];         // For loop to calculate the value of dp    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)     {        if(i==0)        {            dp[i][0] = arr1[i];            dp[i][1] = arr2[i];            continue;        }                dp[i][0] = max(dp[i - 1][0], dp[i - 1][1] + arr1[i]);       dp[i][1] = max(dp[i - 1][1], dp[i - 1][0] + arr2[i]);    }         // Return the required answer    return max(dp[n-1][0], dp[n-1][1]);}// Driver codeint main(){    int arr1[] = {9, 3, 5, 7, 3};    int arr2[] = {5, 8, 1, 4, 5};    int n = sizeof(arr1) / sizeof(arr1[0]);         // Function call    cout << Max_Sum(arr1, arr2, n);    return 0;} | 
Java
// Java program to maximum sum // combination from two arraysclass GFG{// Function to maximum sum // combination from two arraysstatic int Max_Sum(int arr1[],                    int arr2[], int n){    // To store dp value    int [][]dp = new int[n][2];         // For loop to calculate the value of dp    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)     {        if(i == 0)        {            dp[i][0] = arr1[i];            dp[i][1] = arr2[i];            continue;        }                 dp[i][0] = Math.max(dp[i - 1][0],                             dp[i - 1][1] + arr1[i]);        dp[i][1] = Math.max(dp[i - 1][1],                               dp[i - 1][0] + arr2[i]);    }         // Return the required answer    return Math.max(dp[n - 1][0],                    dp[n - 1][1]);}// Driver codepublic static void main(String[] args) {    int arr1[] = {9, 3, 5, 7, 3};    int arr2[] = {5, 8, 1, 4, 5};    int n = arr1.length;         // Function call    System.out.println(Max_Sum(arr1, arr2, n));}}// This code is contributed// by PrinciRaj1992  | 
Python3
# Python3 program to maximum sum # combination from two arrays# Function to maximum sum # combination from two arraysdef Max_Sum(arr1, arr2, n):         # To store dp value    dp = [[0 for i in range(2)]              for j in range(n)]         # For loop to calculate the value of dp    for i in range(n):        if(i == 0):            dp[i][0] = arr1[i]            dp[i][1] = arr2[i]            continue        else:            dp[i][0] = max(dp[i - 1][0],                            dp[i - 1][1] + arr1[i])            dp[i][1] = max(dp[i - 1][1],                            dp[i - 1][0] + arr2[i])         # Return the required answer    return max(dp[n - 1][0],                dp[n - 1][1])# Driver codeif __name__ == '__main__':    arr1 = [9, 3, 5, 7, 3]    arr2 = [5, 8, 1, 4, 5]    n = len(arr1)         # Function call    print(Max_Sum(arr1, arr2, n))# This code is contributed by# Surendra_Gangwar | 
C#
// C# program to maximum sum // combination from two arraysusing System;class GFG{// Function to maximum sum // combination from two arraysstatic int Max_Sum(int []arr1,                    int []arr2, int n){    // To store dp value    int [,]dp = new int[n, 2];         // For loop to calculate the value of dp    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)     {        if(i == 0)        {            dp[i, 0] = arr1[i];            dp[i, 1] = arr2[i];            continue;        }                 dp[i, 0] = Math.Max(dp[i - 1, 0],                             dp[i - 1, 1] + arr1[i]);        dp[i, 1] = Math.Max(dp[i - 1, 1],                             dp[i - 1, 0] + arr2[i]);    }         // Return the required answer    return Math.Max(dp[n - 1, 0],                    dp[n - 1, 1]);} // Driver codepublic static void Main() {    int []arr1 = {9, 3, 5, 7, 3};    int []arr2 = {5, 8, 1, 4, 5};    int n = arr1.Length;         // Function call    Console.WriteLine(Max_Sum(arr1, arr2, n));}}// This code is contributed// by anuj_67.. | 
Javascript
<script>    // Javascript program to maximum sum combination from two arrays         // Function to maximum sum     // combination from two arrays    function Max_Sum(arr1, arr2, n)    {        // To store dp value        let dp = new Array(n);        for (let i = 0; i < n; i++)        {            dp[i] = new Array(2);            for (let j = 0; j < 2; j++)            {                dp[i][j] = 0;                }        }        // For loop to calculate the value of dp        for (let i = 0; i < n; i++)         {            if(i == 0)            {                dp[i][0] = arr1[i];                dp[i][1] = arr2[i];                continue;            }            dp[i][0] = Math.max(dp[i - 1][0],                                 dp[i - 1][1] + arr1[i]);            dp[i][1] = Math.max(dp[i - 1][1],                                   dp[i - 1][0] + arr2[i]);        }        // Return the required answer        return Math.max(dp[n - 1][0],                        dp[n - 1][1]);    }         let arr1 = [9, 3, 5, 7, 3];    let arr2 = [5, 8, 1, 4, 5];       let n = arr1.length;           // Function call    document.write(Max_Sum(arr1, arr2, n));</script> | 
29
Time Complexity: O(N), where N is the length of the given arrays.
Auxiliary Space: O(N)
Efficient approach : Space optimization O(1)
To optimize the space complexity since we only need to access the values of dp[i] and dp[i-1], we can just use variables to store these values instead of an entire array. This way, the space complexity will be reduced from O(N) to O(1)
Implementation Steps:
- Initialize prev1 and prev2 with the first elements of arr1 and arr2 respectively.
 - Create two variables curr1 and curr2.
 - Use a loop to iterate over the arrays from index 1 to n-1.
 - Update prev1 and prev2 to curr1 and curr2 respectively for further iterations.
 - Return the maximum of prev1 and prev2 as the maximum sum combination from the two arrays.
 
Implementation :
C++
#include <bits/stdc++.h>using namespace std;// Function to maximum sum combination from two arraysint Max_Sum(int arr1[], int arr2[], int n){    // To store dp value    int prev1 = arr1[0], prev2 = arr2[0];    int curr1, curr2;    // For loop to calculate the value of dp    for (int i = 1; i < n; i++)    {        curr1 = max(prev1, prev2 + arr1[i]);        curr2 = max(prev2, prev1 + arr2[i]);                 // assigning values for further iteration        prev1 = curr1;        prev2 = curr2;    }    // Return the required answer    return max(prev1, prev2);}// Driver codeint main(){    int arr1[] = {9, 3, 5, 7, 3};    int arr2[] = {5, 8, 1, 4, 5};    int n = sizeof(arr1) / sizeof(arr1[0]);    // Function call    cout << Max_Sum(arr1, arr2, n);    return 0;} | 
Java
import java.util.*;public class Main {    // Function to maximum sum combination from two arrays    static int Max_Sum(int[] arr1, int[] arr2, int n)    {        // To store dp value        int prev1 = arr1[0], prev2 = arr2[0];        int curr1, curr2;        // For loop to calculate the value of dp        for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {            curr1 = Math.max(prev1, prev2 + arr1[i]);            curr2 = Math.max(prev2, prev1 + arr2[i]);            // assigning values for further iteration            prev1 = curr1;            prev2 = curr2;        }        // Return the required answer        return Math.max(prev1, prev2);    }    // Driver code    public static void main(String[] args)    {        int[] arr1 = { 9, 3, 5, 7, 3 };        int[] arr2 = { 5, 8, 1, 4, 5 };        int n = arr1.length;        // Function call        System.out.println(Max_Sum(arr1, arr2, n));    }} | 
Python3
def Max_Sum(arr1, arr2, n):    # To store dp value    prev1 = arr1[0]    prev2 = arr2[0]    curr1 = 0    curr2 = 0    # For loop to calculate the value of dp    for i in range(1, n):        curr1 = max(prev1, prev2 + arr1[i])        curr2 = max(prev2, prev1 + arr2[i])        # assigning values for further iteration        prev1 = curr1        prev2 = curr2    # Return the required answer    return max(prev1, prev2)# Driver codearr1 = [9, 3, 5, 7, 3]arr2 = [5, 8, 1, 4, 5]n = len(arr1)# Function callprint(Max_Sum(arr1, arr2, n)) | 
C#
using System;class MainClass {    // Function to maximum sum combination from two arrays    public static int Max_Sum(int[] arr1, int[] arr2, int n)    {        // To store dp value        int prev1 = arr1[0], prev2 = arr2[0];        int curr1, curr2;        // For loop to calculate the value of dp        for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {            curr1 = Math.Max(prev1, prev2 + arr1[i]);            curr2 = Math.Max(prev2, prev1 + arr2[i]);            // assigning values for further iteration            prev1 = curr1;            prev2 = curr2;        }        // Return the required answer        return Math.Max(prev1, prev2);    }    // Driver code    public static void Main()    {        int[] arr1 = { 9, 3, 5, 7, 3 };        int[] arr2 = { 5, 8, 1, 4, 5 };        int n = arr1.Length;        // Function call        Console.WriteLine(Max_Sum(arr1, arr2, n));    }} | 
Javascript
// Function to maximum sum combination from two arraysfunction Max_Sum(arr1, arr2, n) {    // To store dp value    let prev1 = arr1[0],        prev2 = arr2[0];    let curr1, curr2;    // For loop to calculate the value of dp    for (let i = 1; i < n; i++) {        curr1 = Math.max(prev1, prev2 + arr1[i]);        curr2 = Math.max(prev2, prev1 + arr2[i]);        // assigning values for further iteration        prev1 = curr1;        prev2 = curr2;    }    // Return the required answer    return Math.max(prev1, prev2);}// Driver codelet arr1 = [9, 3, 5, 7, 3];let arr2 = [5, 8, 1, 4, 5];let n = arr1.length;// Function callconsole.log(Max_Sum(arr1, arr2, n));//This code is contributed by sarojmcy2e | 
Output
29
Time Complexity: O(N), where N is the length of the given arrays.
Auxiliary Space: O(1)
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