#!/bin/env python """ #=============================================================================== # # FILE: ch-1.py # # USAGE: ./ch-1.py # # DESCRIPTION: Perl Weekly Challenge 087 # Task 1 - Longest Consecutive Sequence # # AUTHOR: Lubos Kolouch # CREATED: 11/17/2020 04:34:38 PM #=============================================================================== """ def get_sequence(in_list): """ Get the longest sequence """ longest_seq = [] curr_seq = [] # loop through the sorted array for item in sorted(in_list): # if the seq is empty or the next number is consecutive, add it if (not curr_seq) or (item == curr_seq[-1]+1): curr_seq.append(item) else: # sequence broken, remember it if it the longest if len(curr_seq) > len(longest_seq): longest_seq = curr_seq curr_seq = [] # if longes sequence has just 1 item, we haven't found anything return 0 if len(longest_seq) == 1 else longest_seq assert get_sequence([100, 4, 50, 3, 2]) == [2, 3, 4] assert get_sequence([20, 30, 10, 40, 50]) == 0 assert get_sequence([20, 19, 9, 11, 10]) == [9, 10, 11]