Stock Trading Maximum Profit Problem

Given the stock prices for 'N' days, your goal is to determine the maximum profit that can be achieved. You can buy and sell the stocks any number of times but can only hold one share at a time.

Input:

The first line contains an integer 't', representing the number of test cases. For each test case:
The first line contains a single integer 'N', the number of days.
The second line contains 'N' space-separated integers representing the stock prices on each day.

Output:

For each test case, output the maximum profit possible, printed on a new line for each test case.

Example:

Input:
t = 2
N = 6
prices = [7, 1, 5, 3, 6, 4]
N = 5
prices = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Output:
7
4

Constraints:

  • 1 <= t <= 10^2
  • 0 <= N <= 10^5
  • Time Limit: 1 sec

Note:

Implement the function; printing is handled for you. You may perform multiple transactions to achieve maximum profit, but no overlapping transactions.

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