2419. Longest Subarray With Maximum Bitwise AND
July 29, 2025 · View on GitHub
Description
You are given an integer array nums of size n.
Consider a non-empty subarray from nums that has the maximum possible bitwise AND.
- In other words, let
kbe the maximum value of the bitwise AND of any subarray ofnums. Then, only subarrays with a bitwise AND equal tokshould be considered.
Return the length of the longest such subarray.
The bitwise AND of an array is the bitwise AND of all the numbers in it.
A subarray is a contiguous sequence of elements within an array.
Example 1:
Input: nums = [1,2,3,3,2,2] Output: 2 Explanation: The maximum possible bitwise AND of a subarray is 3. The longest subarray with that value is [3,3], so we return 2.
Example 2:
Input: nums = [1,2,3,4] Output: 1 Explanation: The maximum possible bitwise AND of a subarray is 4. The longest subarray with that value is [4], so we return 1.
Constraints:
1 <= nums.length <= 1051 <= nums[i] <= 106
Solutions
Solution 1: Brain Teaser
Since the bitwise AND operation does not increase the number, the maximum value is the maximum value in the array.
The problem can be converted to finding the maximum number of consecutive occurrences of the maximum value in the array.
First, traverse the array to find the maximum value , then traverse the array again to find the maximum number of consecutive occurrences of the maximum value. Finally, return this count.
The time complexity is , where is the length of the array . The space complexity is .
Python3
class Solution:
def longestSubarray(self, nums: List[int]) -> int:
mx = max(nums)
ans = cnt = 0
for x in nums:
if x == mx:
cnt += 1
ans = max(ans, cnt)
else:
cnt = 0
return ans
Java
class Solution {
public int longestSubarray(int[] nums) {
int mx = Arrays.stream(nums).max().getAsInt();
int ans = 0, cnt = 0;
for (int x : nums) {
if (x == mx) {
ans = Math.max(ans, ++cnt);
} else {
cnt = 0;
}
}
return ans;
}
}
C++
class Solution {
public:
int longestSubarray(vector<int>& nums) {
int mx = ranges::max(nums);
int ans = 0, cnt = 0;
for (int x : nums) {
if (x == mx) {
ans = max(ans, ++cnt);
} else {
cnt = 0;
}
}
return ans;
}
};
Go
func longestSubarray(nums []int) (ans int) {
mx := slices.Max(nums)
cnt := 0
for _, x := range nums {
if x == mx {
cnt++
ans = max(ans, cnt)
} else {
cnt = 0
}
}
return
}
TypeScript
function longestSubarray(nums: number[]): number {
const mx = Math.max(...nums);
let [ans, cnt] = [0, 0];
for (const x of nums) {
if (x === mx) {
ans = Math.max(ans, ++cnt);
} else {
cnt = 0;
}
}
return ans;
}
Rust
impl Solution {
pub fn longest_subarray(nums: Vec<i32>) -> i32 {
let mx = *nums.iter().max().unwrap();
let mut ans = 0;
let mut cnt = 0;
for &x in nums.iter() {
if x == mx {
cnt += 1;
ans = ans.max(cnt);
} else {
cnt = 0;
}
}
ans
}
}
JavaScript
/**
* @param {number[]} nums
* @return {number}
*/
var longestSubarray = function (nums) {
const mx = Math.max(...nums);
let [ans, cnt] = [0, 0];
for (const x of nums) {
if (x === mx) {
ans = Math.max(ans, ++cnt);
} else {
cnt = 0;
}
}
return ans;
};
C#
public class Solution {
public int LongestSubarray(int[] nums) {
int mx = nums.Max();
int ans = 0, cnt = 0;
foreach (int x in nums) {
if (x == mx) {
ans = Math.Max(ans, ++cnt);
} else {
cnt = 0;
}
}
return ans;
}
}
PHP
class Solution {
/**
* @param Integer[] $nums
* @return Integer
*/
function longestSubarray($nums) {
$mx = max($nums);
$ans = 0;
$cnt = 0;
foreach ($nums as $x) {
if ($x == $mx) {
$ans = max($ans, ++$cnt);
} else {
$cnt = 0;
}
}
return $ans;
}
}