🦉 Collect Sticks

Problem Overview

  • Given a forest array and a start index bird, output the indices of sticks the bird collects in order while alternating right then left until the total length is at least 100.
  • Input: forest[i] is stick length (0 means no stick); bird is at an index with 0; Output: list of indices in pickup order.
  • In each required direction, a stick is guaranteed to exist, so no empty searches or edge cases occur.
  • This simulation problem models a bird collecting sticks and is a common coding interview task and interview question.

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