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'while' loop and itertools.takewhile solution in Clear category for Long Repeat by Splitter
from itertools import takewhile
def long_repeat(line):
longest, i = 0, 0
while i < len(line):
repeat = list(takewhile(lambda ch: ch == line[i], line[i:]))
longest = max(longest, len(repeat))
i += len(repeat)
return longest
if __name__ == '__main__':
#These "asserts" using only for self-checking and not necessary for auto-testing
assert long_repeat('sdsffffse') == 4, "First"
assert long_repeat('ddvvrwwwrggg') == 3, "Second"
assert long_repeat('abababaab') == 2, "Third"
assert long_repeat('') == 0, "Empty"
print('"Run" is good. How is "Check"?')
March 15, 2020
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