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Write me a code to find the maximum among the count of positive or negative integers in the array and the other steps required given the following:
Find the maximum among the count of positive or negative integers in the array | Function to find the maximum of the count of positive or negative elements.
Initialize the pointers.
Find the value of mid.
If element is negative then ignore the left half.
If element is positive then ignore the right half.
Return maximum among the count of positive & negative element.
Driver Code"
How can the above be solved in Python?
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#Here is code to find the maximum among the count of positive or negative integers in the array and the other steps required.
 def findMaximum ( arr , size ) :
	i = 0
	j = size - 1
	while ( i <= j ) :
		mid = i + ( j - i ) // 2
		if ( arr [ mid ] < 0 ) :
			i = mid + 1
		elif ( arr [ mid ] > 0 ) :
			j = mid - 1
	return max ( i , size - i )
if __name__ == " _ _ main _ _ " :
	arr = [ - 9 , - 7 , - 4 , 1 , 5 , 8 , 9 ]
	N = len ( arr )
	print ( findMaximum ( arr , N ) )