Dsa
Prefix Sum
Medium
Max Incremental Gain in Segments
Given an array of integers that represent profits/losses over a series of days, write a program to find the maximum profit that can be earned by incrementally including days based on a starting index. You may skip days, but once you include a day in a segment, you must include all subsequent days until a total profit is calculated.
Input format:
- The first line contains an integer n (number of days).
- The second line contains n space-separated integers, representing the profit/loss for each day.
Output format:
- Print the maximum profit obtainable from any starting day.
Example:
Input:
5
1 -2 3 -1 2
Output:
5
Key concepts
prefix_summax_subarraycumulative
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