First the good: your code provides a testable function. So letslet's add some test code
def largest_row_of_zeros(l):
'''
>>> largest_row_of_zeros([])
0
>>> largest_row_of_zeros([0])
1
>>> largest_row_of_zeros([1])
0
>>> largest_row_of_zeros([0, 0])
2
>>> largest_row_of_zeros([0, 1])
1
>>> largest_row_of_zeros([1, 0])
1
>>> largest_row_of_zeros([1, 1])
0
'''
c = 0
max_count = 0
for j in l:
if j==0:
c+=1
else:
if c > max_count:
max_count = c
c = 0
return max_count
if __name__ == "__main__":
import doctest
doctest.testmod()
which gives
Python 3.6.1 (default, Dec 2015, 13:05:11)
[GCC 4.8.2] on linux
**********************************************************************
File "main.py", line 5, in __main__.largest_row_of_zeros
Failed example:
largest_row_of_zeros([0])
Expected:
1
Got:
0
**********************************************************************
File "main.py", line 9, in __main__.largest_row_of_zeros
Failed example:
largest_row_of_zeros([0, 0])
Expected:
2
Got:
0
**********************************************************************
File "main.py", line 13, in __main__.largest_row_of_zeros
Failed example:
largest_row_of_zeros([1, 0])
Expected:
1
Got:
0
**********************************************************************
1 items had failures:
3 of 7 in __main__.largest_row_of_zeros
***Test Failed*** 3 failures.
Here I use doctest. Another very common module is unittest. But you could also use simple assertions
if __name__ == "__main__":
assert largest_row_of_zeros([0]) == 1
Have fun with testing.