mb i have skill issue

That's the opposite... The actual problem is the extra s

plural of criteria is criterion but it doesn't matter imo

Nice solution. I did similar, but I used 3-(a[i] + a[i+1]), but it doesn't work when they are equal

solution must work correct, it mustn't be short
P.s Sorry, eng not my lang

Great kata of the series to start with.

Finding the right code and make it work out on your own is a lot more rewarding from my perspective and I think not only mine, in this kata and many other ones you get to practice some dynamic programming concepts basically, optimization, algorithm efficiency, which is something that's already there and every coder should at least try to get familiar with, you've only got to do better and more research sometimes to get a deeper general idea.

Thanks a lot!

Approved

Thanks!

Approved.

Java translation

Thanks. Usually I'd probably have done that. But since I wanted to fix the other issues I mentioned above, I had to rewrite the code, and creating a new translation seemed in order.

It would be nice if the approval system allowed us to fix simple stuff (like an outdated version) without forking the whole thing. I've often wanted to approve a translation that's been waiting for years, only to be told that there's a minor problem. If I fork the translation and fix the problem, I can't approve it myself, and we'll probably have to wait another half decade until someone else approves "my" translation... :-(

To be exact, you did not have to reject the translation. You could fork the translation, switch it to new version, and publish the fork with the updated version, without rejecting the orignal translation. This way, the author of the original, top level fork keeps their eligibility for reward for creating the translation after the bottom version gets approved. The same works for outdated decriptions.

I'm sorry, I had to reject your translation. It used an outdated Rust version and could not be approved anymore.

(It's silly and annoying that the Codewars approval system doesn't let us easily fix such minor problems in translations, e.g. outdated descriptions etc.)