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Given an array arr[]. Find the maximum value of prefix sum which is also suffix sum for index i in arr[].

Examples : 

Input : arr[] = {-1, 2, 3, 0, 3, 2, -1}
Output : 4
Prefix sum of arr[0..3] = 
            Suffix sum of arr[3..6]

Input : arr[] = {-2, 5, 3, 1, 2, 6, -4, 2}
Output : 7
Prefix sum of arr[0..3] = 
              Suffix sum of arr[3..7]

A Simple Solution is to one by one check the given condition (prefix sum equal to suffix sum) for every element and returns the element that satisfies the given condition with maximum value. 

C++




// CPP program to find
// maximum equilibrium sum.
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to find
// maximum equilibrium sum.
int findMaxSum(int arr[], int n)
{
    int res = INT_MIN;
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
    int prefix_sum = arr[i];
    for (int j = 0; j < i; j++)
        prefix_sum += arr[j];
 
    int suffix_sum = arr[i];
    for (int j = n - 1; j > i; j--)
        suffix_sum += arr[j];
 
    if (prefix_sum == suffix_sum)
        res = max(res, prefix_sum);
    }
    return res;
}
 
// Driver Code
int main()
{
    int arr[] = {-2, 5, 3, 1,
                  2, 6, -4, 2 };
    int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
    cout << findMaxSum(arr, n);
    return 0;
}


Java




// java program to find maximum
// equilibrium sum.
import java.io.*;
 
class GFG {
     
    // Function to find maximum
    // equilibrium sum.
    static int findMaxSum(int []arr, int n)
    {
        int res = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
         
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            int prefix_sum = arr[i];
             
            for (int j = 0; j < i; j++)
                prefix_sum += arr[j];
         
            int suffix_sum = arr[i];
             
            for (int j = n - 1; j > i; j--)
                suffix_sum += arr[j];
         
            if (prefix_sum == suffix_sum)
                res = Math.max(res, prefix_sum);
        }
         
        return res;
    }
     
    // Driver Code
    public static void main (String[] args)
    {
        int arr[] = {-2, 5, 3, 1, 2, 6, -4, 2 };
        int n = arr.length;
        System.out.println(findMaxSum(arr, n));
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by anuj_67.


Python3




# Python 3 program to find maximum
# equilibrium sum.
import sys
 
# Function to find maximum equilibrium sum.
def findMaxSum(arr, n):
    res = -sys.maxsize - 1
    for i in range(n):
        prefix_sum = arr[i]
        for j in range(i):
            prefix_sum += arr[j]
 
        suffix_sum = arr[i]
        j = n - 1
        while(j > i):
            suffix_sum += arr[j]
            j -= 1
        if (prefix_sum == suffix_sum):
            res = max(res, prefix_sum)
 
    return res
 
# Driver Code
if __name__ == '__main__':
    arr = [-2, 5, 3, 1, 2, 6, -4, 2]
    n = len(arr)
    print(findMaxSum(arr, n))
 
# This code is contributed by
# Surendra_Gangwar


C#




// C# program to find maximum
// equilibrium sum.
using System;
 
class GFG {
     
    // Function to find maximum
    // equilibrium sum.
    static int findMaxSum(int []arr, int n)
    {
        int res = int.MinValue;
         
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            int prefix_sum = arr[i];
             
            for (int j = 0; j < i; j++)
                prefix_sum += arr[j];
         
            int suffix_sum = arr[i];
             
            for (int j = n - 1; j > i; j--)
                suffix_sum += arr[j];
         
            if (prefix_sum == suffix_sum)
                res = Math.Max(res, prefix_sum);
        }
         
        return res;
    }
     
    // Driver Code
    public static void Main ()
    {
        int []arr = {-2, 5, 3, 1, 2, 6, -4, 2 };
        int n = arr.Length;
        Console.WriteLine(findMaxSum(arr, n));
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by anuj_67.


PHP




<?php
// PHP program to find
// maximum equilibrium sum.
 
// Function to find
// maximum equilibrium sum.
function findMaxSum( $arr, $n)
{
    $res = PHP_INT_MIN;
    for ( $i = 0; $i < $n; $i++)
    {
    $prefix_sum = $arr[$i];
    for ( $j = 0; $j < $i; $j++)
        $prefix_sum += $arr[$j];
 
    $suffix_sum = $arr[$i];
    for ( $j = $n - 1; $j > $i; $j--)
        $suffix_sum += $arr[$j];
 
    if ($prefix_sum == $suffix_sum)
        $res = max($res, $prefix_sum);
    }
    return $res;
}
 
// Driver Code
$arr = array(-2, 5, 3, 1,
              2, 6, -4, 2 );
$n = count($arr);
echo findMaxSum($arr, $n);
 
// This code is contributed by anuj_67.
?>


Javascript




<script>
 
// Javascript program to find
// maximum equilibrium sum.
 
// Function to find
// maximum equilibrium sum.
function findMaxSum(arr, n)
{
    var res = -1000000000;
    for (var i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
    var prefix_sum = arr[i];
    for (var j = 0; j < i; j++)
        prefix_sum += arr[j];
 
    var suffix_sum = arr[i];
    for (var j = n - 1; j > i; j--)
        suffix_sum += arr[j];
 
    if (prefix_sum == suffix_sum)
        res = Math.max(res, prefix_sum);
    }
    return res;
}
 
// Driver Code
var arr = [-2, 5, 3, 1,
              2, 6, -4, 2 ];
var n = arr.length;
document.write( findMaxSum(arr, n));
 
</script>


Output : 

7

 

Time Complexity: O(n2
Auxiliary Space: O(n)

A Better Approach is to traverse the array and store prefix sum for each index in array presum[], in which presum[i] stores sum of subarray arr[0..i]. Do another traversal of the array and store suffix sum in another array suffsum[], in which suffsum[i] stores sum of subarray arr[i..n-1]. After this for each index check if presum[i] is equal to suffsum[i] and if they are equal then compare their value with the overall maximum so far. 

C++




// CPP program to find
// maximum equilibrium sum.
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to find maximum
// equilibrium sum.
int findMaxSum(int arr[], int n)
{
    // Array to store prefix sum.
    int preSum[n];
 
    // Array to store suffix sum.
    int suffSum[n];
 
    // Variable to store maximum sum.
    int ans = INT_MIN;
 
    // Calculate prefix sum.
    preSum[0] = arr[0];
    for (int i = 1; i < n; i++)
        preSum[i] = preSum[i - 1] + arr[i];
 
    // Calculate suffix sum and compare
    // it with prefix sum. Update ans
    // accordingly.
    suffSum[n - 1] = arr[n - 1];
    if (preSum[n - 1] == suffSum[n - 1])
        ans = max(ans, preSum[n - 1]);
         
    for (int i = n - 2; i >= 0; i--)
    {
        suffSum[i] = suffSum[i + 1] + arr[i];
        if (suffSum[i] == preSum[i])
            ans = max(ans, preSum[i]);    
    }
 
    return ans;
}
 
// Driver Code
int main()
{
    int arr[] = { -2, 5, 3, 1,
                   2, 6, -4, 2 };
    int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
    cout << findMaxSum(arr, n);
    return 0;
}


Java




// Java program to find maximum equilibrium sum.
import java.io.*;
 
public class GFG {
     
 
    // Function to find maximum
    // equilibrium sum.
    static int findMaxSum(int []arr, int n)
    {
         
        // Array to store prefix sum.
        int []preSum = new int[n];
     
        // Array to store suffix sum.
        int []suffSum = new int[n];
     
        // Variable to store maximum sum.
        int ans = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
     
        // Calculate prefix sum.
        preSum[0] = arr[0];
        for (int i = 1; i < n; i++)
            preSum[i] = preSum[i - 1] + arr[i];
     
        // Calculate suffix sum and compare
        // it with prefix sum. Update ans
        // accordingly.
        suffSum[n - 1] = arr[n - 1];
         
        if (preSum[n - 1] == suffSum[n - 1])
            ans = Math.max(ans, preSum[n - 1]);
             
        for (int i = n - 2; i >= 0; i--)
        {
            suffSum[i] = suffSum[i + 1] + arr[i];
             
            if (suffSum[i] == preSum[i])
                ans = Math.max(ans, preSum[i]);
        }
     
        return ans;
    }
     
    // Driver Code
    static public void main (String[] args)
    {
        int []arr = { -2, 5, 3, 1, 2, 6, -4, 2 };
        int n = arr.length;
         
        System.out.println( findMaxSum(arr, n));
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by anuj_67


Python3




# Python3 program to find
# maximum equilibrium sum.
 
# Function to find maximum
# equilibrium sum.
def findMaxSum(arr, n):
 
    # Array to store prefix sum.
    preSum = [0 for i in range(n)]
 
    # Array to store suffix sum.
    suffSum = [0 for i in range(n)]
 
    # Variable to store maximum sum.
    ans = -10000000
 
    # Calculate prefix sum.
    preSum[0] = arr[0]
     
    for i in range(1, n):
     
        preSum[i] = preSum[i - 1] + arr[i]
 
    # Calculate suffix sum and compare
    # it with prefix sum. Update ans
    # accordingly.
    suffSum[n - 1] = arr[n - 1]
    if (preSum[n - 1] == suffSum[n - 1]):
        ans = max(ans, preSum[n - 1])
      
    for i in range(n - 2, -1, -1):
        suffSum[i] = suffSum[i + 1] + arr[i]
        if (suffSum[i] == preSum[i]):
            ans = max(ans, preSum[i])
     
    return ans
 
# Driver Code
if __name__=='__main__':
 
    arr = [-2, 5, 3, 1,2, 6, -4, 2]
    n = len(arr)
    print(findMaxSum(arr, n))
     
# This code is contributed by pratham76


C#




// C# program to find maximum equilibrium sum.
using System;
 
public class GFG {
     
 
    // Function to find maximum
    // equilibrium sum.
    static int findMaxSum(int []arr, int n)
    {
         
        // Array to store prefix sum.
        int []preSum = new int[n];
     
        // Array to store suffix sum.
        int []suffSum = new int[n];
     
        // Variable to store maximum sum.
        int ans = int.MinValue;
     
        // Calculate prefix sum.
        preSum[0] = arr[0];
        for (int i = 1; i < n; i++)
            preSum[i] = preSum[i - 1] + arr[i];
     
        // Calculate suffix sum and compare
        // it with prefix sum. Update ans
        // accordingly.
        suffSum[n - 1] = arr[n - 1];
         
        if (preSum[n - 1] == suffSum[n - 1])
            ans = Math.Max(ans, preSum[n - 1]);
             
        for (int i = n - 2; i >= 0; i--)
        {
            suffSum[i] = suffSum[i + 1] + arr[i];
             
            if (suffSum[i] == preSum[i])
                ans = Math.Max(ans, preSum[i]);
        }
     
        return ans;
    }
     
    // Driver Code
    static public void Main ()
    {
        int []arr = { -2, 5, 3, 1, 2, 6, -4, 2 };
        int n = arr.Length;
         
        Console.WriteLine( findMaxSum(arr, n));
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by anuj_67


PHP




<?php
// PHP program to find maximum equilibrium sum.
 
// Function to find maximum equilibrium sum.
function findMaxSum($arr, $n)
{
    // Array to store prefix sum.
    $preSum[$n] = array();
 
    // Array to store suffix sum.
    $suffSum[$n] = array();
 
    // Variable to store maximum sum.
    $ans = PHP_INT_MIN;
 
    // Calculate prefix sum.
    $preSum[0] = $arr[0];
    for ($i = 1; $i < $n; $i++)
        $preSum[$i] = $preSum[$i - 1] + $arr[$i];
 
    // Calculate suffix sum and compare
    // it with prefix sum. Update ans
    // accordingly.
    $suffSum[$n - 1] = $arr[$n - 1];
    if ($preSum[$n - 1] == $suffSum[$n - 1])
        $ans = max($ans, $preSum[$n - 1]);
         
    for ($i = $n - 2; $i >= 0; $i--)
    {
        $suffSum[$i] = $suffSum[$i + 1] + $arr[$i];
        if ($suffSum[$i] == $preSum[$i])
            $ans = max($ans, $preSum[$i]);
    }
 
    return $ans;
}
 
// Driver Code
$arr = array( -2, 5, 3, 1, 2, 6, -4, 2 );
$n = sizeof($arr);
echo findMaxSum($arr, $n);
 
// This code is contributed by ajit.
?>


Javascript




<script>
 
// Javascript program to find
// maximum equilibrium sum.
 
// Function to find maximum
// equilibrium sum.
function findMaxSum(arr, n)
{
      
    // Array to store prefix sum.
    let preSum = new Array(n);
    preSum.fill(0);
  
    // Array to store suffix sum.
    let suffSum = new Array(n);
    suffSum.fill(0);
  
    // Variable to store maximum sum.
    let ans = Number.MIN_VALUE;
  
    // Calculate prefix sum.
    preSum[0] = arr[0];
    for(let i = 1; i < n; i++)
        preSum[i] = preSum[i - 1] + arr[i];
  
    // Calculate suffix sum and compare
    // it with prefix sum. Update ans
    // accordingly.
    suffSum[n - 1] = arr[n - 1];
      
    if (preSum[n - 1] == suffSum[n - 1])
        ans = Math.max(ans, preSum[n - 1]);
          
    for(let i = n - 2; i >= 0; i--)
    {
        suffSum[i] = suffSum[i + 1] + arr[i];
          
        if (suffSum[i] == preSum[i])
            ans = Math.max(ans, preSum[i]);
    }
    return ans;
}
 
// Driver code
let arr = [ -2, 5, 3, 1, 2, 6, -4, 2 ];
let n = arr.length;
 
document.write(findMaxSum(arr, n));
 
// This code is contributed by rameshtravel07
 
</script>


Output: 

7

 

Time Complexity: O(n) 
Auxiliary Space: O(n)

Further Optimization : 
We can avoid the use of extra space by first computing the total sum, then using it to find the current prefix and suffix sums.

Steps to solve this problem:

1. Initialize two variables sum and prefix_sum to 0.

2. sum is the sum of all elements of the arr array, calculated using the accumulate function. prefix_sum is used to keep track of the sum of the elements of the subarray.

3. Initialize a variable res to INT_MIN, which will store the maximum sum of the subarray such that the sum of the elements of the subarray is equal to the sum of the elements of the rest of the array.

4. Loop through the array arr from index 0 to index n-1.

5. For each iteration of the loop, increment the value of prefix_sum by the current element of the arr array.

6. If prefix_sum is equal to sum, update the value of res to be the maximum of res and prefix_sum.

7. Decrement the value of sum by the current element of the arr array.

8. Repeat steps 5-7 for all elements of the arr array.

9. After the loop, return the value of res. 

Implementation:

C++




// CPP program to find
// maximum equilibrium sum.
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to find
// maximum equilibrium sum.
int findMaxSum(int arr[], int n)
{
    int sum = accumulate(arr, arr + n, 0);
    int prefix_sum = 0, res = INT_MIN;
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
    prefix_sum += arr[i];
    if (prefix_sum == sum)
        res = max(res, prefix_sum);
    sum -= arr[i];
    }
    return res;
}
 
// Driver Code
int main()
{
    int arr[] = { -2, 5, 3, 1,
                   2, 6, -4, 2 };
    int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
    cout << findMaxSum(arr, n);
    return 0;
}


Java




// Java program to find maximum equilibrium
// sum.
import java.lang.Math.*;
import java.util.stream.*;
 
class GFG {
     
    // Function to find maximum equilibrium
    // sum.
    static int findMaxSum(int arr[], int n)
    {
        int sum = IntStream.of(arr).sum();
        int prefix_sum = 0,
        res = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
         
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            prefix_sum += arr[i];
             
            if (prefix_sum == sum)
                res = Math.max(res, prefix_sum);
            sum -= arr[i];
        }
         
        return res;
    }
     
    // Driver Code
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        int arr[] = { -2, 5, 3, 1,
                    2, 6, -4, 2 };
        int n = arr.length;
        System.out.print(findMaxSum(arr, n));
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by Smitha.


Python3




# Python3 program to find
# maximum equilibrium sum.
import sys
 
# Function to find
# maximum equilibrium sum.
def findMaxSum(arr,n):
     
    ss = sum(arr)
    prefix_sum = 0
    res = -sys.maxsize
     
    for i in range(n):
        prefix_sum += arr[i]
         
        if prefix_sum == ss:
            res = max(res, prefix_sum);
             
        ss -= arr[i];
         
    return res
  
# Driver code  
if __name__=="__main__":
     
    arr = [ -2, 5, 3, 1,
             2, 6, -4, 2 ]
    n = len(arr)
     
    print(findMaxSum(arr, n))
 
# This code is contributed by rutvik_56


C#




// C# program to find maximum equilibrium sum.
using System.Linq;
using System;
 
class GFG {
     
    static int Add(int x, int y) {
        return x + y;
    }
     
    // Function to find maximum equilibrium
    // sum.
    static int findMaxSum(int []arr, int n)
    {
        int sum = arr.Aggregate(func:Add);
        int prefix_sum = 0,
        res = int.MinValue;
         
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
        {
            prefix_sum += arr[i];
             
            if (prefix_sum == sum)
                res = Math.Max(res, prefix_sum);
            sum -= arr[i];
        }
         
        return res;
    }
     
    // Driver Code
    public static void Main()
    {
        int []arr = { -2, 5, 3, 1,
                    2, 6, -4, 2 };
        int n = arr.Length;
        Console.Write(findMaxSum(arr, n));
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by Smitha.


Javascript




<script>   
// javascript program to find
// maximum equilibrium sum.
 
// Function to find
// maximum equilibrium sum.
function findMaxSum(arr,n)
{
    let sum = 0;
  for(let i=0; i < n; i++)
  {
     sum = sum + arr[i];
  }
    let prefix_sum = 0, res = Number.MIN_VALUE;
    for (let i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
    prefix_sum += arr[i];
    if (prefix_sum == sum)
        res = Math.max(res, prefix_sum);
    sum -= arr[i];
    }
    return res;
}
 
// Driver Code
 
    let arr = [ -2, 5, 3, 1,
                2, 6, -4, 2 ];
    let n = arr.length;
    document.write(findMaxSum(arr, n));
     
    // This code is contributed by vaibhavrabadiya117.
</script>


Output : 

7

 

Time Complexity: O(n) 
Auxiliary Space: O(1)
 

 



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