streak.py

streak.py

# Find the length of the longest streak of positive values in a list of numbers

gains1 = [-2 ,-2, 1, 1]
def find_streak(values):
    streakimg = False 
    streak = 0
    pos = 0
    start = 0
    finish = 0
    current_start = 0
    max_streak = 0
    for value in values:
        if value > 0:
            if streaking == False:
                current_start = pos
            streak += 1
            streaking = True
        else:
            if streak > max_streak and streaking == True:
                max_streak = streak
                start = current_start
                finish = pos
            streaking = False
            streak = 0
        if streak > max_streak:
            max_streak = streak
            start = current_start
            finish = pos
        pos += 1          
    return (max_streak, start, finish)
            
print(find_streak(gains1))