Add Maximum Subarray in C (#4359)

Author: 2Clutch

archive/c/c/maximum-subarray.c

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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+
+void print_usage() {
+    printf("Usage: Please provide a list of integers in the format: \"1, 2, 3, 4, 5\"\n");
+}
+
+int max_subarray_sum(int* arr, int n) {
+    int max_so_far = INT_MIN;
+    int max_ending_here = 0;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+        max_ending_here += arr[i];
+
+        if (max_so_far < max_ending_here) {
+            max_so_far = max_ending_here;
+        }
+
+        if (max_ending_here < 0) {
+            max_ending_here = 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return max_so_far;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
+    if (argc < 2) {
+        print_usage();
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    // Check if input is empty
+    if (strlen(argv[1]) == 0) {
+        print_usage();
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    // Parse input string
+    char* token;
+    int arr[100]; // Assuming a maximum of 100 integers
+    int count = 0;
+
+    token = strtok(argv[1], ",");
+    while (token != NULL) {
+        arr[count++] = atoi(token);
+        token = strtok(NULL, ",");
+    }
+
+    // If less than two integers were provided
+    if (count == 1) {
+        printf("%d\n", arr[0]);
+        return 0;
+    } else if (count < 2) {
+        print_usage();
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    // Calculate maximum subarray sum
+    int result = max_subarray_sum(arr, count);
+
+    printf("%d\n", result);
+
+    return 0;
+}