diff --git a/cpp/maxContinousSum.cpp b/cpp/maxContinousSum.cpp
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+#include<bits/stdc++.h>
+using namespace std;
+int main(){
+    vector<int> A = {-2, 1, -3, 4, -1, 2, 1, -5, 4};
+    int sum = A[0];
+    int finalSum = sum;
+    for(int i=1;i<A.size();i++){
+        sum = sum+A[i];
+        if(sum<0){
+            sum = max(sum,A[i]);
+            finalSum = max(finalSum,sum);
+            sum = 0;
+        }
+        else{
+            finalSum = max(sum,finalSum);
+        }
+
+    }
+    cout<<" finalSum = "<<finalSum<<endl;
+}
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