leetcode_1446_Consecutive_Characters.py

"""
The power of the string is the maximum length of a non-empty substring that contains only one unique character.

Given a string s, return the power of s.

 

Example 1:

Input: s = "leetcode"
Output: 2
Explanation: The substring "ee" is of length 2 with the character 'e' only.
Example 2:

Input: s = "abbcccddddeeeeedcba"
Output: 5
Explanation: The substring "eeeee" is of length 5 with the character 'e' only.
 

Constraints:

1 <= s.length <= 500
s consists of only lowercase English letters.

"""

class Solution:
    def maxPower(self, s: str) -> int:
        d = ''
        c = 1
        r = 1
        for i in s :
            if d == i:
                c += 1
                r = max(r,c)
            else:
                d = i
                c = 1
        return r