Longest Common Prefix Problem & Solution

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 "".

See the longest common prefix problem on LeetCode.

C++ Solution

#pragma GCC optimize("Ofast")
#pragma GCC optimization("unroll-loops")

static const int _=[](){std::ios::sync_with_stdio(false);cin.tie(nullptr);cout.tie(nullptr);return 0;}();

class Solution {
public:
  string longestCommonPrefix(vector<string>& strs) {
    if (strs.size() == 1) {
      return strs[0];
    }

    int max = 0;
    while (true) {
      bool ok = true;
      for (int i = 1; i < strs.size(); ++i) {
        if (max >= strs[i].size() ||
            strs[i][max] != strs[0][max]) {
          ok = false;
          break;
        }
      }

      if (ok) {
        ++max;
      } else {
        break;
      }
    }

    return strs[0].substr(0, max);
  }
};

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