Question

How to find the 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
    max_ch = None
    for ch in s:
        if ch == prev_ch:
            count += 1
            if (count > max_repeating_count):
                max_repeating_count = count
                max_ch = ch
        else:
            count = 1
        prev_ch = ch
    
    return max_ch

s = "hhaabbbbhhhhhhhdddefhhhgggg88"

print(find_longest_repeating_character(s))



'''
run:

h

'''

 

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