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+#include<iostream>
+#include<climits>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+int main() {
+
+	int arr[] = {-2, 1, -3, 4, -1, 2, 1, -5, 4};
+	int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(int);
+
+	// brute-force approach : O(N^3)
+
+	int maxSum = INT_MIN; // to track the maximum subarray sum we've computed so far
+
+	// iterate over all the possible starting indices
+	for(int i=0; i<=n-1; i++) {
+		// for each starting index 'i', iterate over all the possible ending indices
+		for(int j=i; j<=n-1; j++) {
+			// compute the sum of the subarray that starts at the ith index and ends at the jth index
+			int sum = 0;
+			for(int k=i; k<=j; k++) {
+				sum += arr[k];
+			}
+			if(sum > maxSum) {
+				maxSum = sum;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	cout << "maximum subarray sum : " << maxSum << endl;
+
+
+	return 0;
+}