Consecutive Streak

The Binary Streak

In digital transmission, "bursts" of active signals (1s) are common. Your task is to analyze a binary array (containing only 0s and 1s) and identify the longest continuous streak of active signals. This is a primary step in signal processing and data compression.

The Assignment

Your mission is to find the maximum streak length. Your function receives a binary array nums.

1. Initialize two counters: currentStreak and maxStreak, both starting at 0.
2. Iterate through the array:
   • If the element is a 1, increase the currentStreak.
   • If the element is a 0, update maxStreak (if the current streak was higher) and reset currentStreak to 0.
3. After the loop, perform one final check to update maxStreak (in case the array ended with a 1).
4. Print the final maxStreak.