Question

How to count longest repeating character in a string with Python

Answer 1

def find_longest_repeating_character(s):
    count = 1
    max_repeating_count = 0
    prev_ch = None
    for ch in s:
        if ch == prev_ch:
            count += 1
            max_repeating_count = max(max_repeating_count, count)
        else:
            count = 1
        prev_ch = ch
    
    return max_repeating_count

s = "hhaabbbbhhhhhhhdddefhhhgggg88"

print(find_longest_repeating_character(s))




'''
run:

7

'''

 

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