RosettaCodeData/Task/Greatest-subsequential-sum/REXX/greatest-subsequential-sum-1.rexx
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/*REXX program finds and displays the shortest greatest continuous subsequence sum.*/
parse arg @; w=words(@) /*get arg list; number words in list. */
say 'words='w " list="@ /*show number words & LIST to terminal.*/
sum=0; at=w+1 /*default sum, length, and "starts at".*/
L=0 /* [↓] process the list of numbers. */
do j=1 for w; f=word(@, j) /*select one number at a time from list*/
do k=j to w; s=f /* [↓] process a sub─list of numbers. */
do m=j+1 to k; s=s+word(@, m); end /*m*/
if s>sum then do; sum=s; at=j; L=k-j+1; end
end /*k*/ /* [↑] chose greatest sum of numbers. */
end /*j*/
say
$=subword(@,at,L); if $=='' then $="[NULL]" /*Englishize the null (value). */
say 'sum='sum/1 " sequence="$ /*stick a fork in it, we're all done. */