Faster Algorithm for JavaScript function call within a function

Question

I have written a function and called another function inside but my tests show that it is not time optimized. How can I make the following code faster?

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Answer 1

Full working code based on @MBo's excellent optimization. This passes all the tests at https://www.codewars.com/kata/the-maximum-sum-value-of-ranges-challenge-version/train/javascript, which I gather is where this problem comes from.

function maxSum(arr, ranges) {
  var max = null;

  var sums = [];
  var sofar = 0;
  for (var i = 0; i <= arr.length; i++) {
    sums[i] = sofar;
    sofar += arr[i];
  }

  for (var i = 0; i < ranges.length; i++) {
    var sum = sums[ranges[i][1]+1] - sums[ranges[i][0]];
    if (max === null || sum > max) {
      max = sum;
    }
  }

  return max;
}