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Medium#53
LeetCode Problem

Maximum Subarray

Problem Statement

Given an integer array nums, find the subarray with the largest sum, and return its sum. Follow up: If you have figured out the O(n) solution, try coding another solution using the divide and conquer approach, which is more subtle.

Source: Maximum Subarray on LeetCode. Use the original task for its coding environment and submissions.

Examples

# Example 1

Input
nums = [-2,1,-3,4,-1,2,1,-5,4]
Output
6

# Example 2

Input
nums = [1]
Output
1

# Example 3

Input
nums = [5,4,-1,7,8]
Output
23

Constraints

1 <= nums.length <= 10^5
-10^4 <= nums[i] <= 10^4

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