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Problem
Read from standard input a string `s` of at most `255` characters,
containing only lowercase letters of the English alphabet. Find the
longest run of consecutive identical characters and print the character
that appears in that run, followed by a space and the run's length.
If there are several runs of equal maximum length, print the one that
appears first in the string.
Input format
Input
input.txt
The program reads from standard input a single line containing the string `s`. - the string has between `1` and `255` characters - the string contains only lowercase letters `a`-`z` - if there are several runs of maximum length, print the first one
Output format
Output
output.txt
The program prints to standard output the character and the length of the longest run of consecutive identical characters, separated by a space, followed by a newline.
Example
input
aaabbccccdd
output
c 4
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Sample cases (from the problem)
Sample Case 1
Input
aaabbccccdd
Expected output
c 4
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