LeetCode 485. Max Consecutive Ones

Description

https://leetcode.com/problems/max-consecutive-ones/

Given a binary array nums, return the maximum number of consecutive 1‘s in the array.

Example 1:

Input: nums = [1,1,0,1,1,1]
Output: 3
Explanation: The first two digits or the last three digits are consecutive 1s. The maximum number of consecutive 1s is 3.

Example 2:

Input: nums = [1,0,1,1,0,1]
Output: 2

Constraints:

• 1 <= nums.length <= 105
• nums[i] is either 0 or 1.

Explanation

Iterate the list and count the consecutive ones.

Python Solution

class Solution:
    def findMaxConsecutiveOnes(self, nums: List[int]) -> int:
        max_count = 0
        
        count = 0
        for num in nums:
            if num == 1:
                count += 1
            else:
                max_count = max(max_count, count)
                count = 0
                        
        return max(max_count, count)