GeneralStringAlgorithms.cs

usingSystem;

namespaceAlgorithms.Strings;

/// <summary>
/// Implements simple algorithms on strings.
/// </summary>
publicstaticclassGeneralStringAlgorithms
{
/// <summary>
/// Finds character that creates longest consecutive substring with single character.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="input">String to find in.</param>
/// <returns>Tuple containing char and number of times it appeared in a row.</returns>
publicstaticTuple<char,int>FindLongestConsecutiveCharacters(stringinput)
{
varmaxChar=input[0];

varmax=1;
varcurrent=1;

for(vari=1;i<input.Length;i++)
{
if(input[i]==input[i-1])
{
current++;
if(current>max)
{
max=current;
maxChar=input[i];
}
}
else
{
current=1;
}
}

returnnewTuple<char,int>(maxChar,max);
}
}