RosettaCodeData/Task/Greatest-subsequential-sum/Lua/greatest-subsequential-sum.lua

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function sumt(t, start, last) return start <= last and t[start] + sumt(t, start+1, last) or 0 end
function maxsub(ary, idx)
local idx = idx or 1
if not ary[idx] then return {} end
local maxsum, last = 0, idx
for i = idx, #ary do
if sumt(ary, idx, i) > maxsum then maxsum, last = sumt(ary, idx, i), i end
end
local v = maxsub(ary, idx + 1)
if maxsum < sumt(v, 1, #v) then return v end
local ret = {}
for i = idx, last do ret[#ret+1] = ary[i] end
return ret
end