RosettaCodeData/Task/Greatest-subsequential-sum/Python/greatest-subsequential-sum-...

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def maxsumseq(sequence):
start, end, sum_start = -1, -1, -1
maxsum_, sum_ = 0, 0
for i, x in enumerate(sequence):
sum_ += x
if maxsum_ < sum_: # found maximal subsequence so far
maxsum_ = sum_
start, end = sum_start, i
elif sum_ < 0: # start new sequence
sum_ = 0
sum_start = i
assert maxsum_ == maxsum(sequence)
assert maxsum_ == sum(sequence[start + 1:end + 1])
return sequence[start + 1:end + 1]