- Longest Common Prefix
https://leetcode.com/problemset/
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 ””.
Example 1:
Input: strs = ["flower","flow","flight"]
Output: "fl"
Example 2:
Input: strs = ["dog","racecar","car"]
Output: ""
Explanation: There is no common prefix among the input strings.
Constraints:
- 1 <= strs.length <= 200
- 0 <= strs[i].length <= 200
- strs[i] consists of only lowercase English letters if it is non-empty.
class Solution:
def longestCommonPrefix(self, strs: List[str]) -> str:
if len(strs) <= 0:
return ""
shortest = min(strs, key=len)
for i, char in enumerate(shortest):
for other in strs:
if other[i] != char:
return shortest[:i]
return shortest
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