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1. MaxSliceSum
Find a maximum sum of a compact subsequence of array elements.
Task Score
69%
Correctness
75%
Performance
60%

A non-empty array A consisting of N integers is given. A pair of integers (P, Q), such that 0 ≤ P ≤ Q < N, is called a slice of array A. The sum of a slice (P, Q) is the total of A[P] + A[P+1] + ... + A[Q].

Write a function:

class Solution { public int solution(int[] A); }

that, given an array A consisting of N integers, returns the maximum sum of any slice of A.

For example, given array A such that:

A[0] = 3 A[1] = 2 A[2] = -6 A[3] = 4 A[4] = 0

the function should return 5 because:

  • (3, 4) is a slice of A that has sum 4,
  • (2, 2) is a slice of A that has sum −6,
  • (0, 1) is a slice of A that has sum 5,
  • no other slice of A has sum greater than (0, 1).

Write an efficient algorithm for the following assumptions:

  • N is an integer within the range [1..1,000,000];
  • each element of array A is an integer within the range [−1,000,000..1,000,000];
  • the result will be an integer within the range [−2,147,483,648..2,147,483,647].
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Programming language used Java 21
Time spent on task 54 minutes
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