O(nlgn)
#!/usr/bin/python
'''file name: maxsum.py
--P71
--find maximum subarray sum, divide-and-conquer O(nlng)
--author: zevolo, 2012.05.11
'''
def find_max_across_mid(list, low, high, mid):
ret = list[mid]
right = mid
sum = ret
for i in range(mid + 1, high + 1):
sum = sum + list[i]
if sum > ret:
ret = sum
right = i
left = mid
for i in range(mid - 1, low - 1, -1):
sum = sum + list[i]
if sum > ret:
ret = sum
left = i
return left, right, ret
def find_max_sum(list, low, high):
if high == low:
return (low, high, list[low])
mid = (low + high) / 2
(l_low, l_high, l_sum) = find_max_sum(list, low, mid)
(r_low, r_high, r_sum) = find_max_sum(list, mid + 1, high)
(m_low, m_high, m_sum) = find_max_across_mid(list, low, high, mid)
sum = max(l_sum, r_sum)
sum = max(sum, m_sum)
s_low = r_low
s_high = r_high
if sum == l_sum:
s_low = l_low
s_high = l_high
elif sum == m_sum:
s_low = m_low
s_high = m_high
return (s_low, s_high, sum)
if __name__ == '__main__':
l = [1, -2, 3, 10, -4, 7, 2, -5]
print l
(low, high, sum) = find_max_sum(l, 0, len(l) - 1)
out = l[low:high+1]
print (out, sum)