DataStructure/Strings
Longest Common Prefix
ND Paul Kim
2018. 10. 25. 16:34
Write a function to find the longest common prefix string amongst an array of strings.
If there is no common prefix, return an empty string ""
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Example 1:
Input: ["flower","flow","flight"] Output: "fl"
Example 2:
Input: ["dog","racecar","car"] Output: "" Explanation: There is no common prefix among the input strings.
Note:
All given inputs are in lowercase letters a-z
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My solution:
class Solution:
def longestCommonPrefix(self, strs):
"""
:type strs: List[str]
:rtype: str
"""
if not strs:
return ""
shortest = min(strs, key=len)
strs.remove(shortest)
for i, ch in enumerate(shortest):
for compare in strs:
if ch != compare[i]:
return shortest[:i]
return shortest
Check out shortest List(str).
And then, let's find out prefix other List(str)