max_length to 0 to store the maximum length of the continuous substring found so far.start to 0 to mark the beginning of the current continuous substring.s starting from the second character (index 1).i, check if it is consecutive to the character at index i-1.i - start and update max_length if it is greater than the current max_length.start to the current index i.max_length with the length of the final substring by comparing it with len(s) - start.max_length as the result.