diff --git a/dynamic_programming/kadane.cpp b/dynamic_programming/kadane.cpp
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+#include<iostream>
+#include<climits>
+
+int maxSubArraySum(int a[], int size) {
+    int max_so_far = INT_MIN, max_ending_here = 0;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+        max_ending_here = max_ending_here + a[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 n, i;
+    std::cout << "Enter the number of elements \n";
+    std::cin >> n;
+    int a[n];  // NOLINT
+    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+        std::cin >> a[i];
+    }
+    int max_sum = maxSubArraySum(a, n);
+    std::cout << "Maximum contiguous sum is " << max_sum;
+    return 0;
+}