# 0696. Count Binary Substrings ###### tags: `Leetcode` `Medium` `TikTok` Link: https://leetcode.com/problems/count-binary-substrings/ ## Code ```java= class Solution { public int countBinarySubstrings(String s) { int ans = 0; int prev = 0; int curr = 1; char prevChar = s.charAt(0); char[] charArray = s.toCharArray(); for(int i = 1;i < s.length();i++){ if(prevChar == s.charAt(i)){ curr++; } else{ ans+=Math.min(prev, curr); prev = curr; curr = 1; prevChar = s.charAt(i); } } ans+=Math.min(prev, curr); return ans; } } ```