Mid Coding

Find the longest common prefix among a list of strings?

public string LongestCommonPrefix(string[] strs) {

if (strs == null || strs.Length == 0) return "";

for (int i = 0; i < strs[0].Length; i++) {

char c = strs[0][i];

for (int j = 1; j < strs.Length; j++) {

if (i == strs[j].Length || strs[j][i] != c)

return strs[0].Substring(0, i);

return strs[0];

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Explanation:

Check character by character across all strings until mismatch.

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