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+# Python program to find maximum contiguous subarray
+
+def maxSubArraySum(a,size): 
+	
+	max_so_far = 0
+	max_ending_here = 0
+	
+	for i in range(0, size): 
+		max_ending_here = max_ending_here + a[i] 
+		if max_ending_here < 0: 
+			max_ending_here = 0
+		
+		# Do not compare for all elements. Compare only 
+		# when max_ending_here > 0 
+		elif (max_so_far < max_ending_here): 
+			max_so_far = max_ending_here 
+			
+	return max_so_far 
+
+
+# Driver function to check the above function (with a sample test case)
+
+a = [3, 3, -25, 20, -3, 16, 23, -12, -5, 22, -15, 4, -7] 
+print "Maximum contiguous sum is", maxSubArraySum(a,len(a))