import sys if len(sys.argv) < 2: bin_str = '010' else: bin_str = sys.argv[1] size = len(bin_str) num = int(bin_str, 2) res = [] max = 0 for left in list(range(0,size)): for right in list(range(left,size)): bin_int = num for number in list(range(left,right+1)): bin_int ^= 1 << size - number -1 ones = bin(bin_int).count("1") if ones > max: max = ones res.clear() if ones == max: res.append([left,right]) print ("Pair of L-R (one's = " + str(max) + "):") for out in res: print (out) """ python .\ch-1.py Pair of L-R (one's = 2): [0, 0] [0, 2] [2, 2] python .\ch-1.py 0101101101 Pair of L-R (one's = 7): [0, 0] [0, 2] [2, 2] [5, 5] [8, 8] """