from sys import maxsize def max_sub_array_sum(a,size): max_so_far = -maxsize - 1 max_ending_here = 0 start = 0 end = 0 s = 0 for i in range(0,size): max_ending_here += a[i] if max_so_far < max_ending_here: max_so_far = max_ending_here start = s end = i if max_ending_here < 0: max_ending_here = 0 s = i+1 return (end - start + 1)