Create largest-element-in-an-array-after-merge-operations.py

Author: kamyu104

Python/largest-element-in-an-array-after-merge-operations.py

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+# Time:  O(n)
+# Space: O(1)
+
+# greedy
+class Solution(object):
+    def maxArrayValue(self, nums):
+        """
+        :type nums: List[int]
+        :rtype: int
+        """
+        result = curr = 0
+        for i in reversed(xrange(len(nums))):
+            if nums[i] > curr:
+                curr = 0
+            curr += nums[i]
+            result = max(result, curr)
+        return result