Longest Common Prefix Java

Write a function to find the longest common prefix string among an array of strings.

Example: 

"bc" is Longest Common Prefix among an Array of String [ "bc", "bcaddf", "bca"]

Key to Solve:
    Idea: Use to principle Length of longestCommonPrefix always less than
    length of shortest String in the set of String arrays
    1. Set 1st Strs[0] as pivot,
    2. Compare character from 1st Strs[0] with following Strs one by one
    3. Two cases must be check for each String by order otherwise will throw out of bound error
            (1)index of Strs[0]>=others Str's length or
            (2)any mismatch is found between two Strings
       return Common String
    4. else continue build Common String

public class Solution {
    public String longestCommonPrefix(String[] strs) {
              if (strs.length==0) return "";
        int n=strs.length;
        int len=strs[0].length();
        StringBuilder commonStr=new StringBuilder();
        for(int j=0;j<len;j++){
            char c=strs[0].charAt(j);
            for(int i=1;i<n;i++){ //start from second String in the array
                if(j>=strs[i].length() || c!=strs[i].charAt(j)){
                    return commonStr.toString();
                }
            }
            commonStr.append(c);
        }

        return commonStr.toString();
    }
}



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