lengthOfLongestSubstring

class Solution(object):
    def lengthOfLongestSubstring(self, s):
        """
        :type s: str
        :rtype: int
        """
        res = []
        for c in s:
            res.append(c)
        longest = len(set(res))
        lstr = len(s)
        if longest == 1 or longest == lstr:
            return longest
        temp = lstr-longest + 1
        while(longest > 1):
            for i in range(temp):
                begin = i
                end = longest+i
                substr = s[begin : end]
                if len(set(substr)) == longest:
                    return longest
            longest = longest - 1
            temp = lstr-longest + 1
        return longest