diff --git a/kotlin/53-Maximum-Subarray.kt b/kotlin/53-Maximum-Subarray.kt
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+class Solution {
+    fun maxSubArray(nums: IntArray): Int {
+        var sum = nums[0]
+        var currsum = 0
+        for (num in nums) {
+            currsum = maxOf(currsum + num, num)
+            sum = maxOf(currsum, sum)
+        }
+        return sum
+    }
+}