jseremba/Binary-Gap-solution-Javascript

Purpose of line

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kolawoletech commented

for (startIndexFromEnd; startIndexFromEnd >= 0; startIndexFromEnd--) {
if (binStr.charAt(startIndexFromEnd) != '0') {
break;
}
}

Please what is the purpose of the above line?

harked commented

That is to check if the last number of binary is not 1.

Dieggore commented

why would yo do that?