Auxiliary space: O(1)
This algorithm doesn’t work for negative numbers,it simply returns zero if all numbers are negative.
def max_continuos_sum(a) max_ending_sum = max_slice_sum =0 n=a.length for i in 0...n max_ending_sum = [0,(max_ending_sum+a[i])].max max_slice_sum = [max_slice_sum,max_ending_sum].max end return max_slice_sum end max_continuos_sum([1,1,-1,2,3,4,-9,3,4,5,-6]) # => 13
Algorithm to handle negative numbers as well
def max_continuos_sum(a) max_ending_sum = max_slice_sum =a[0] n=a.length for i in 0...n max_ending_sum = [a[i],(max_ending_sum+a[i])].max max_slice_sum = [max_slice_sum,max_ending_sum].max end return max_slice_sum end max_continuos_sum([-5,-4,-10,-2,-3,-2,-1,-9]) #=> -1