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Maximum consecutive one’s (or zeros) in a binary circular array

Given a binary circular array of size N, the task is to find the count maximum number of consecutive 1’s present in the circular array.
Examples: 
 

Input: arr[] = {1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1} 
Output:
The last 4 and first 2 positions have 6 consecutive ones. 
Input: a[] = {0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1} 
Output: 1

 

A Naive Solution is create an array of size 2*N where N is size of input array. We copy the input array twice in this array. Now we need to find the longest consecutive 1s in this binary array in one traversal.
Efficient Solution : The following steps can be followed to solve the above problem: 
 

  1. Instead of creating an array of size 2*N to implement the circular array, we can use the modulus operator to traverse the array circularly.
  2. Iterate from 0 to 2*N and find the consecutive number of 1’s as: 
    • Traverse array from left to right.
    • Everytime while traversing, calculate the current index as (i%N) in order to traverse the array circularly when i>N.
    • If we see a 1, we increment count and compare it with maximum so far. If we see a 0, we reset count as 0.
  3. Break out of the loop when a[i]==0 and i>=n to reduce the time complexity in some cases.

Below is the implementation of the above approach: 
 




// C++ program to count maximum consecutive
// 1's in a binary circular array
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to return the count of maximum
// consecutive 1's in a binary circular array
int getMaxLength(bool arr[], int n)
{
 
    // Starting index
    int start = 0;
 
    // To store the maximum length of the
    // prefix of the given array with all 1s
    int preCnt = 0;
    while (start < n && arr[start] == 1) {
        preCnt++;
        start++;
    }
 
    // Ending index
    int end = n - 1;
 
    // To store the maximum length of the
    // suffix of the given array with all 1s
    int suffCnt = 0;
    while (end >= 0 && arr[end] == 1) {
        suffCnt++;
        end--;
    }
 
    // The array contains all 1s
    if (start > end)
        return n;
 
    // Find the maximum length subarray
    // with all 1s from the remaining not
    // yet traversed subarray
    int midCnt = 0;
 
    // To store the result for middle 1s
    int result = 0;
     
    for (int i = start; i <= end; i++) {
        if (arr[i] == 1) {
            midCnt++;
            result = max(result, midCnt);
        }
        else {
            midCnt = 0;
        }
    }
 
    // (preCnt + suffCnt) is the subarray when
    // the given array is assumed to be circular
    return max(result, preCnt + suffCnt);
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    bool arr[] = { 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1,
                   0, 1, 1, 1, 1 };
    int n = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
 
    cout << getMaxLength(arr, n);
 
    return 0;
}




// Java program to count maximum consecutive
// 1's in a binary circular array
class GfG {
 
    // Function to return the count of maximum
    // consecutive 1's in a binary circular array
    static int getMaxLength(int arr[], int n)
    {
        // Starting index
        int start = 0;
 
        // To store the maximum length of the
        // prefix of the given array with all 1s
        int preCnt = 0;
        while (start < n && arr[start] == 1) {
            preCnt++;
            start++;
        }
 
        // Ending index
        int end = n - 1;
 
        // To store the maximum length of the
        // suffix of the given array with all 1s
        int suffCnt = 0;
        while (end >= 0 && arr[end] == 1) {
            suffCnt++;
            end--;
        }
 
        // The array contains all 1s
        if (start > end)
            return n;
 
        // Find the maximum length subarray
        // with all 1s from the remaining not
        // yet traversed subarray
        int midCnt = 0;
 
        // To store the result for middle 1s
        int result = 0;
 
        for (int i = start; i <= end; i++) {
            if (arr[i] == 1) {
                midCnt++;
                result = Math.max(result, midCnt);
            }
            else {
                midCnt = 0;
            }
        }
 
        // (preCnt + suffCnt) is the subarray when
        // the given array is assumed to be circular
        return Math.max(result, preCnt + suffCnt);
    }
 
    // Driver code
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        int arr[] = new int[] { 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0,
                                1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1 };
        int n = arr.length;
        System.out.println(getMaxLength(arr, n));
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by Prerna Saini




# Python 3 program to count maximum consecutive
# 1's in a binary circular array
 
# Function to return the count of
# maximum consecutive 1's in a
# binary circular array
def getMaxLength(arr, n):
     
  
    # Starting index
    start = 0
     
    # To store the maximum length of the
    # prefix of the given array with all 1s
    preCnt = 0
    while(start < n and arr[start] == 1):
        preCnt = preCnt + 1
        start = start + 1
     
    # Ending index
    end = n - 1
     
    # To store the maximum length of the
    # suffix of the given array with all 1s
    suffCnt = 0
    while(end >= 0 and arr[end] == 1):
        suffCnt = suffCnt + 1
        end = end - 1
     
    # The array contains all 1s
    if(start > end):
        return n
     
    # Find the maximum length subarray
    # with all 1s from the remaining not
    # yet traversed subarray
    midCnt = 0
     
    i = start
 
    # To store the result for middle 1s
    result = 0
 
    while(i <= end):
        if(arr[i] == 1):
            midCnt = midCnt + 1
            result = max(result, midCnt)
        else:
            midCnt = 0
        i = i + 1
     
    # (preCnt + suffCnt) is the subarray when
    # the given array is assumed to be circular
    return max(result, preCnt + suffCnt)
 
# Driver code
if __name__ == '__main__':
    arr = [1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0,
        1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1]
    n = len(arr)
    print(getMaxLength(arr, n))
 
# This code is contributed by
# Surendra_Gangwar




// C# program to count maximum consecutive
// 1's in a binary circular array
using System;
 
class GFG {
 
    // Function to return the count of maximum
    // consecutive 1's in a binary circular array
    static int getMaxLength(int[] arr, int n)
    {
 
        // Starting index
        int start = 0;
 
        // To store the maximum length of the
        // prefix of the given array with all 1s
        int preCnt = 0;
        while (start < n && arr[start] == 1) {
            preCnt++;
            start++;
        }
 
        // Ending index
        int end = n - 1;
 
        // To store the maximum length of the
        // suffix of the given array with all 1s
        int suffCnt = 0;
        while (end >= 0 && arr[end] == 1) {
            suffCnt++;
            end--;
        }
 
        // The array contains all 1s
        if (start > end)
            return n;
 
        // Find the maximum length subarray
        // with all 1s from the remaining not
        // yet traversed subarray
        int midCnt = 0;
 
        // To store the result for middle 1s
        int result = 0;
 
        for (int i = start; i <= end; i++) {
            if (arr[i] == 1) {
                midCnt++;
                result = Math.Max(result, midCnt);
            }
            else {
                midCnt = 0;
            }
        }
 
        // (preCnt + suffCnt) is the subarray when
        // the given array is assumed to be circular
        return Math.Max(result, preCnt + suffCnt);
    }
 
    // Driver code
    public static void Main()
    {
        int[] arr = new int[] { 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0,
                                1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0 };
        int n = arr.Length;
        Console.WriteLine(getMaxLength(arr, n));
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by Code_Mech.




<script>
// javascript program to count maximum consecutive
// 1's in a binary circular array
 
    // Function to return the count of maximum
    // consecutive 1's in a binary circular array
    function getMaxLength(arr , n)
    {
     
        // Starting index
        var start = 0;
 
        // To store the maximum length of the
        // prefix of the given array with all 1s
        var preCnt = 0;
        while (start < n && arr[start] == 1) {
            preCnt++;
            start++;
        }
 
        // Ending index
        var end = n - 1;
 
        // To store the maximum length of the
        // suffix of the given array with all 1s
        var suffCnt = 0;
        while (end >= 0 && arr[end] == 1) {
            suffCnt++;
            end--;
        }
 
        // The array contains all 1s
        if (start > end)
            return n;
 
        // Find the maximum length subarray
        // with all 1s from the remaining not
        // yet traversed subarray
        var midCnt = 0;
 
        // To store the result for middle 1s
        var result = 0;
 
        for (i = start; i <= end; i++) {
            if (arr[i] == 1) {
                midCnt++;
                result = Math.max(result, midCnt);
            } else {
                midCnt = 0;
            }
        }
 
        // (preCnt + suffCnt) is the subarray when
        // the given array is assumed to be circular
        return Math.max(result, preCnt + suffCnt);
    }
 
    // Driver code
        var arr = [ 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1 ];
        var n = arr.length;
        document.write(getMaxLength(arr, n));
 
// This code is contributed by umadevi9616
</script>

Output
6

Time Complexity: O(N), as we are using a loop to traverse N times. Where N is the number of elements in the array.

Auxiliary Space: O(1), as we are not using any extra space.


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