Finding consecutive bit string of 1 or 0

Question

How to find the length of the longest consecutive bit string(either 1 or 0)?

00000000 11110000 00000000 00000000 -> If it is 0 then length will be 20

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Answer 1

It may help you.... First convert your binary number to String say bits. It will give you max number of consecutive 1's (in java)

String[] split = bits.split("0");
Arrays.sort(split);
int maxLength = split[split.length - 1].length();