Maximum Absolute Sum of Any Subarray

You are given an integer array nums. The absolute sum of a subarray [numsl, numsl+1, ..., numsr-1, numsr] is abs(numsl + numsl+1 + ... + numsr-1 + numsr).

Return the maximum absolute sum of any (possibly empty) subarray of nums.

Note that abs(x) is defined as follows:

 

Example 1:

Input: nums = [1,-3,2,3,-4]
Output: 5
Explanation: The subarray [2,3] has absolute sum = abs(2+3) = abs(5) = 5.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [2,-5,1,-4,3,-2]
Output: 8
Explanation: The subarray [-5,1,-4] has absolute sum = abs(-5+1-4) = abs(-8) = 8.

 

Constraints:


Solution:

class Solution {
    public int maxAbsoluteSum(int[] nums) {
        int n = nums.length;
        int minSoFar = 0;
        int maxSoFar = 0;
        int prefix = 0, min = 0, max = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i ++) {
            prefix += nums[i];
            // System.out.println(prefix + ", " + minSoFar + ", " + maxSoFar);
            max = Math.max(max, prefix - minSoFar);
            min = Math.min(min, prefix - maxSoFar);
            minSoFar = Math.min(minSoFar, prefix);
            maxSoFar = Math.max(maxSoFar, prefix);
        }
        return Math.max(max, Math.abs(min));
    }
}