Largest_5_digit_number_in_a_series.md

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Largest 5 digit number in a series

In the following 6 digit number:

283910

91 is the greatest sequence of 2 consecutive digits.

In the following 10 digit number:

1234567890

67890 is the greatest sequence of 5 consecutive digits.

Complete the solution so that it returns the greatest sequence of five consecutive digits found within the number given. The number will be passed in as a string of only digits. It should return a five digit integer. The number passed may be as large as 1000 digits.

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Given Code

def solution(digits):
    pass

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Solution

def solution(digits):
    m = max(digits)
    possibles = []
    for e, d in enumerate(digits[:-4]):
        if d == m:
            possibles.append(int(digits[e:e+5]))
    return max(possibles)

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