{"id":8230,"date":"2022-10-16T23:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.codingbroz.com\/?p=8230"},"modified":"2022-10-16T12:33:25","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T07:03:25","slug":"longest-common-prefix-leetcode-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.codingbroz.com\/longest-common-prefix-leetcode-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Longest Common Prefix &#8211; Leetcode Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this post, we are going to solve the <strong>14. Longest Common Prefix<\/strong> problem of Leetcode. This problem <strong>14. Longest Common Prefix<\/strong> is a Leetcode <strong>easy <\/strong>level problem. Let&#8217;s see code, <strong>14. 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Longest Common Prefix &#8211; Solution in Java\">14. Longest Common Prefix &#8211; Solution in Java<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.codingbroz.com\/longest-common-prefix-leetcode-solution\/#14_Longest_Common_Prefix_%E2%80%93_Solution_in_C\" title=\"14. Longest Common Prefix &#8211; Solution in C++\">14. Longest Common Prefix &#8211; Solution in C++<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.codingbroz.com\/longest-common-prefix-leetcode-solution\/#14_Longest_Common_Prefix_%E2%80%93_Solution_in_Python\" title=\"14. Longest Common Prefix &#8211; Solution in Python\">14. Longest Common Prefix &#8211; Solution in Python<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Problem\"><\/span><strong>Problem<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Write a function to find the longest common prefix string amongst an array of strings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If there is no common prefix, return an empty string <code>\"\"<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Example_1\"><\/span><strong>Example 1 :<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code has-ast-global-color-5-color has-ast-global-color-8-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><code>\nInput: strs = &#91;\"flower\",\"flow\",\"flight\"]\r\nOutput: \"fl\"\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Example_2\"><\/span><strong>Example 2 :<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code has-ast-global-color-5-color has-ast-global-color-8-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><code>\nInput: strs = &#91;\"dog\",\"racecar\",\"car\"]\r\nOutput: \"\"\r\nExplanation: There is no common prefix among the input strings.\n<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Constraints\"><\/span><strong>Constraints<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><code>1 &lt;= strs.length &lt;= 200<\/code><\/li><li><code>0 &lt;= strs[i].length &lt;= 200<\/code><\/li><li><code>strs[i]<\/code> consists of only lowercase English letters.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s see the code of <strong><strong>14. Longest Common Prefix<\/strong><\/strong> &#8211; Leetcode Solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Longest_Common_Prefix_%E2%80%93_Leetcode_Solution\"><\/span><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Longest Common Prefix<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> &#8211; Leetcode Solution<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"14_Longest_Common_Prefix_%E2%80%93_Solution_in_Java\"><\/span><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>14. Longest Common Prefix<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> &#8211; Solution in Java<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"java\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">class Solution {\n    public String longestCommonPrefix(String[] strs) {\n            if (strs == null || strs.length == 0)\n                return \"\";\n\n            Arrays.sort(strs);\n            String first = strs[0];\n            String last = strs[strs.length - 1];\n            int c = 0;\n            while(c &lt; first.length())\n            {\n                if (first.charAt(c) == last.charAt(c))\n                    c++;\n                else\n                    break;\n            }\n            return c == 0 ? \"\" : first.substring(0, c);\n        }\n    }\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"14_Longest_Common_Prefix_%E2%80%93_Solution_in_C\"><\/span><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>14. Longest Common Prefix<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong> &#8211; Solution in <\/strong>C++<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"cpp\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">class Solution {\npublic:\n    string longestCommonPrefix(vector&lt;string>&amp; str) {\n        int n = str.size();\n        if(n==0) return \"\";\n        \n        string ans  = \"\";\n        sort(begin(str), end(str));\n        string a = str[0];\n        string b = str[n-1];\n        \n        for(int i=0; i&lt;a.size(); i++){\n            if(a[i]==b[i]){\n                ans = ans + a[i];\n            }\n            else{\n                break;\n            }\n        }\n        \n        return ans;\n        \n    }\n};<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"14_Longest_Common_Prefix_%E2%80%93_Solution_in_Python\"><\/span><strong>14. Longest Common Prefix<\/strong> <strong><strong><strong>&#8211; Solution in <\/strong><\/strong>Python<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"EnlighterJSRAW\" data-enlighter-language=\"python\" data-enlighter-theme=\"\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-group=\"\">class Solution(object):\n     def longestCommonPrefix(self, strs):\n            \"\"\"\n            :type strs: List[str]\n            :rtype: str\n            \"\"\"\n            if not strs:\n                return \"\"\n            shortest = min(strs,key=len)\n            for i, ch in enumerate(shortest):\n                for other in strs:\n                    if other[i] != ch:\n                        return shortest[:i]\n            return shortest\n        <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> This problem <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leetcode.com\/problems\/longest-common-prefix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">14. Longest Common Prefix<\/a><\/strong> is generated by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/leetcode.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leetcode<\/a> <\/strong>but the solution is provided by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.codingbroz.com\/\">CodingBroz<\/a><\/strong>. This tutorial is only for <strong>Educational<\/strong> and <strong>Learning<\/strong> purpose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this post, we are going to solve the 14. Longest Common Prefix problem of Leetcode. This problem 14. Longest Common Prefix is a Leetcode easy level problem. Let&#8217;s see code, 14. 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