Write a function to find the longest common prefix string amongst an array of strings.
public class Solution {
public String longestCommonPrefix(String[] strs) {
// Start typing your Java solution below
// DO NOT write main() function
if(strs.length==0) return "";
if(strs.length==1) return strs[0];
int ndxStr=0, ndxChar=0;
String LCP = new String();
while(true){
if(ndxChar>=strs[0].length())
return LCP;
char c = strs[0].charAt(ndxChar);
for(ndxStr=1; ndxStr<strs.length; ndxStr++){
if(ndxChar>=strs[ndxStr].length() || c!=strs[ndxStr].charAt(ndxChar))
return LCP;
}
LCP+=c;
ndxChar++;
}
}
}
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LL's solution:
public String longestCommonPrefix(String[] strs) {
// Start typing your Java solution below
// DO NOT write main() function
int len = strs.length;
if(len<1)
return "";
String res = strs[0];
for(int i=1; i<len; i++){
String next = strs[i];
int j = 0;
int l = (res.length()<next.length())?res.length():next.length();
while(j<l){
if(res.charAt(j)!=next.charAt(j))
break;
else
j++;
}
res = res.substring(0,j);
}
return res;
}