14 - Longest Common Prefix

 JAVA

  • class Solution {
        public String longestCommonPrefix(String[] strs) {
            int n = strs.length;
            for (int i = 0; i < strs[0].length(); ++i) {
                for (int j = 1; j < n; ++j) {
                    if (strs[j].length() <= i || strs[j].charAt(i) != strs[0].charAt(i)) {
                        return strs[0].substring(0, i);
                    }
                }
            }
            return strs[0];
        }
    }
    
C++

  • class Solution {
    public:
        string longestCommonPrefix(vector<string>& strs) {
            int n = strs.size();
            for (int i = 0; i < strs[0].size(); ++i) {
                for (int j = 1; j < n; ++j) {
                    if (strs[j].size() <= i || strs[j][i] != strs[0][i]) {
                        return strs[0].substr(0, i);
                    }
                }
            }
            return strs[0];
        }
    };

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