Length of longest subarray with increasing contiguous elements

Namachila November 18, 2025

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Given an array arr[] of length N, the task is to find the length of the longest subarray which consists of consecutive numbers in increasing order, from the array.

Examples:

Input: arr[] = {2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}
Output: 5
Explanation: Subarray {6, 7, 8, 9, 10} is the longest subarray satisfying the given conditions. Therefore, the required output is 5.

Input: arr[] = {4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12}
Output: 4

Naive Approach: The simplest approach to solve the problem is to traverse the array and for every index i, traverse from over-index and find the length of the longest subarray satisfying the given condition starting from i. Shift i to the index which does not satisfy the condition and check from that index. Finally, print the maximum length of such subarray obtained.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++

// C++ implementation for the above approach
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to find the longest subarray
// with increasing contiguous elements
int maxiConsecutiveSubarray(int arr[], int N)
{
 
    // Stores the length of
    // required longest subarray
    int maxi = 0;
 
    for (int i = 0; i < N - 1; i++) {
 
        // Stores the length of length of longest
        // such subarray from ith index
        int cnt = 1, j;
 
        for (j = i; j < N; j++) {
 
            // If consecutive elements are
            // increasing and differ by 1
            if (arr[j + 1] == arr[j] + 1) {
                cnt++;
            }
 
            // Otherwise
            else {
                break;
            }
        }
 
        // Update the longest subarray
        // obtained so far
        maxi = max(maxi, cnt);
        i = j;
    }
 
    // Return the length obtained
    return maxi;
}
 
// Driver Code
int main()
{
    int N = 11;
    int arr[] = { 1, 3, 4, 2, 3, 4,
                  2, 3, 5, 6, 7 };
 
    cout << maxiConsecutiveSubarray(arr, N);
    return 0;
}

Java

// Java implementation for the above approach
import java.util.*;
 
class GFG{
     
// Function to find the longest subarray
// with increasing contiguous elements
public static int maxiConsecutiveSubarray(int arr[],
                                          int N)
{
     
    // Stores the length of
    // required longest subarray
    int maxi = 0;
 
    for(int i = 0; i < N - 1; i++) 
    {
         
        // Stores the length of length of
        // longest such subarray from ith
        // index
        int cnt = 1, j;
 
        for(j = i; j < N - 1; j++)
        {
             
            // If consecutive elements are
            // increasing and differ by 1
            if (arr[j + 1] == arr[j] + 1) 
            {
                cnt++;
            }
 
            // Otherwise
            else
            {
                break;
            }
        }
 
        // Update the longest subarray
        // obtained so far
        maxi = Math.max(maxi, cnt);
        i = j;
    }
 
    // Return the length obtained
    return maxi;
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void main(String args[])
{
    int N = 11;
    int arr[] = { 1, 3, 4, 2, 3, 4,
                  2, 3, 5, 6, 7 };
 
    System.out.println(maxiConsecutiveSubarray(arr, N));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by hemanth gadarla

Python3

# Python3 implementation for 
# the above approach
 
# Function to find the longest 
# subarray with increasing 
# contiguous elements
def maxiConsecutiveSubarray(arr, N):
   
    # Stores the length of
    # required longest subarray
    maxi = 0;
 
    for i in range(N - 1):
        # Stores the length of 
        # length of longest such 
        # subarray from ith index
        cnt = 1;
 
        for j in range(i, N - 1):
 
            # If consecutive elements are
            # increasing and differ by 1
            if (arr[j + 1] == arr[j] + 1):
                cnt += 1;
 
            # Otherwise
            else:
                break;
 
        # Update the longest subarray
        # obtained so far
        maxi = max(maxi, cnt);
        i = j;
 
    # Return the length obtained
    return maxi;
 
# Driver Code
if __name__ == '__main__':
   
    N = 11;
    arr = [1, 3, 4, 2, 3, 
           4, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7];
 
    print(maxiConsecutiveSubarray(arr, N));
 
# This code is contributed by Rajput-Ji

C#

// C# implementation for the
// above approach
using System;
class GFG{
     
// Function to find the longest 
// subarray with increasing 
// contiguous elements
public static int maxiConsecutiveSubarray(int []arr,
                                          int N)
{    
  // Stores the length of
  // required longest subarray
  int maxi = 0;
 
  for(int i = 0; i < N - 1; i++) 
  {
    // Stores the length of 
    // length of longest such 
    // subarray from ith index
    int cnt = 1, j;
 
    for(j = i; j < N - 1; j++)
    {
      // If consecutive elements are
      // increasing and differ by 1
      if (arr[j + 1] == arr[j] + 1) 
      {
        cnt++;
      }
 
      // Otherwise
      else
      {
        break;
      }
    }
 
    // Update the longest subarray
    // obtained so far
    maxi = Math.Max(maxi, cnt);
    i = j;
  }
 
  // Return the length 
  // obtained
  return maxi;
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void Main(String []args)
{
  int N = 11;
  int []arr = {1, 3, 4, 2, 3, 4,
               2, 3, 5, 6, 7};
  Console.WriteLine(
          maxiConsecutiveSubarray(arr, N));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by 29AjayKumar

Javascript

<script>
// Javascript program to implement
// the above approach
 
// Function to find the longest subarray
// with increasing contiguous elements
function maxiConsecutiveSubarray(arr, N)
{
      
    // Stores the length of
    // required longest subarray
    let maxi = 0;
  
    for(let i = 0; i < N - 1; i++)
    {
          
        // Stores the length of length of
        // longest such subarray from ith
        // index
        let cnt = 1, j;
  
        for(j = i; j < N - 1; j++)
        {
              
            // If consecutive elements are
            // increasing and differ by 1
            if (arr[j + 1] == arr[j] + 1)
            {
                cnt++;
            }
  
            // Otherwise
            else
            {
                break;
            }
        }
  
        // Update the longest subarray
        // obtained so far
        maxi = Math.max(maxi, cnt);
        i = j;
    }
  
    // Return the length obtained
    return maxi;
}
 
    // Driver Code
     
    let  N = 11;
    let arr = [ 1, 3, 4, 2, 3, 4,
                  2, 3, 5, 6, 7 ];
  
    document.write(maxiConsecutiveSubarray(arr, N));
     
</script>

Output

Time Complexity: O(N²)
Auxiliary Space: O(1)

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