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Longest Common Prefix

Problem:

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: ["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.

Longest Common Prefix Java Solution

Approach:

We will check character at every index of every string given in array if not matched then will break the loop.

Java Code:: 

class Solution {
    public String longestCommonPrefix(String[] strs) {
        int len = strs.length;
        if(strs == null || len == 0) return "";
        String check = strs[0];
        int index = check.length();
        for(int i=1; i< len; i++){
            for(int j=0; j< index; j++){
                if(j >= strs[i].length() || check.charAt(j) != strs[i].charAt(j)){
                    index = j;
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        return check.substring(0, index);
    }
}



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