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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+
+def maximum_count(integers):
+ """ Given an array of integers, return the maximum between the number of
+ positive and negative integers. Zero is neither positive nor negative.
+
+ >>> maximum_count([-3, -2, -1, 1, 2, 3])
+ 3
+ >>> maximum_count([-2, -1, 0, 0, 1])
+ 2
+ >>> maximum_count([1, 2, 3, 4])
+ 4
+ """
+ (positive, negative) = (0, 0)
+ for i in integers:
+ if i > 0:
+ positive += 1
+ elif i < 0:
+ negative += 1
+ return max(positive, negative)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ import doctest
+
+ doctest.testmod(verbose=True)