quizV2.py

#!/usr/bin/python
L = [9,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,3,4,4,5,6,6,6,4,4,4,4,4,7,9,4,9]
length_of_array = len(L)

print("Length of array: %d" % length_of_array)

# temp_con {}
con = {}
array_of_con = []
i = 0
k = 0
while (i < (length_of_array - 1)):
    first_item = L[i]
    second_item = L[i+1]
    con[k] = con.get(k, 1)
    if first_item == second_item:
        con[k] = con.get(k) + 1
    else:
        k = k + 1
        array_of_con.append(first_item)
    i = i + 1

print "==========="
# print hash of consecutive number groups
print "Value of con dictionary: "
print(con)
print "==========="

# consecutive number groups by count of consecutive numbers
con_values = con.values()
print "con_values: "
print(con_values)
print "==========="

# find max value in con_values
max_value = max(con_values)
print("Highest number in con_values")
print(max(con_values))

# find number of occurences of max value in con_values
num_occurances = [i for i, w in enumerate(con_values) if w == max_value]
print("Index/indices in con_values where highest number occurs")
print(num_occurances)

print("array_of_con: ")
print(array_of_con)
# make new array of just values in consecutive groups of numbers
new_array = []
o = 0
while o < len(num_occurances):
    new_array.append(array_of_con[num_occurances[o]])
    o = o + 1
print(new_array)

lowest_value = min(new_array)
print("Lowest value of consecutive numbers")
print(lowest_value)

# if first and last number in L are the same, find number of consecutive numbers in the first and last places in array_of_con
length_of_con_values = len(con_values)
if L[0] == L[len(L) - 1]:
    consecutive_numbers_of_first_and_last = con_values[0] + con_values[length_of_con_values - 1]
    print("Number of consecutive occurences of first and last numbers in L")
    print(consecutive_numbers_of_first_and_last)
else:
    print('First and last numbers in L are not the same')