Binary Gap in Python

Suppose we have a positive integer N, we have to find the longest distance between two consecutive 1's in the binary representation of N. If there are no two-consecutive 1's, then return 0.

So, if the input is like 22, then the output will be 2, as 22 in binary is 10110. There are three ones In the binary representation of 22, and two consecutive pairs of 1's. The first consecutive pair of 1's have distance 2, then the second consecutive pair of 1's have distance 1. Answer will be the largest of these two distances, which is 2.

To solve this, we will follow these steps −

• K := make a list of bits of binary representation of N
• Max := 0, C := 0, S := 0
• Flag := False
• for i in range 0 to size of K, do
  • if K[i] is '1' and C is 0 and Flag is False, then
    • C:= i
    • Flag := True
  • otherwise when K[i] is '1' and Flag, then
    • S:= i
    • if Max<abs(S-C), then
      • Max := |S-C|
    • C:= S
• return Max

Let us see the following implementation to get better understanding −

Example

class Solution:
   def binaryGap(self, N):
      B = bin(N).replace('0b','')
      K = str(B)
      K = list(K)
      Max = 0
      C = 0
      S =0
      Flag =False
      for i in range(len(K)):
         if K[i] is '1' and C is 0 and Flag is False:
            C=i
         Flag = True
         elif K[i] is '1' and Flag:
            S=i
            if Max<abs(S-C):
               Max = abs(S-C)
               C=S
      return Max
ob = Solution()
print(ob.binaryGap(22))

Input

22

Output

2