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Subarray With Given Sum

Sliding window expands and shrinks boundaries to match target sum.

Time O(n) Space O(1)
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Reference implementation (Python)

def subarray_sum(arr, target):
    curr = arr[0]; start = 0
    for i in range(1, len(arr) + 1):
        while curr > target and start < i - 1:
            curr -= arr[start]
            start += 1
        if curr == target:
            return start, i - 1
        if i < len(arr):
            curr += arr[i]
    return -1

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