14. 最长公共前缀
难度简单 1479
编写一个函数来查找字符串数组中的最长公共前缀。
如果不存在公共前缀,返回空字符串 ""。
示例 1:
输入:strs = [“flower”,”flow”,”flight”]
输出:“fl”
示例 2:
输入:strs = [“dog”,”racecar”,”car”]
输出:“”
解释:输入不存在公共前缀。
提示:
0 <= strs.length <= 2000 <= strs[i].length <= 200strs[i]仅由小写英文字母组成.
public String longestCommonPrefix(String[] strs) {
        if (strs == null || strs.length == 0) {
            return "";
        }
        String prefix = strs[0];
        int count = strs.length;
        for (int i = 1; i < count; i++) {
            prefix = longestCommonPrefix(prefix, strs[i]);
            if (prefix.length() == 0) {
                break;
            }
        }
        return prefix;
    }
    public String longestCommonPrefix(String str1, String str2) {
        int length = Math.min(str1.length(), str2.length());
        int index = 0;
        while (index < length && str1.charAt(index) == str2.charAt(index)) {
            index++;
        }
        return str1.substring(0, index);
    }
作者:LeetCode-Solution
链接:https://leetcode-cn.com/problems/longest-common-prefix/solution/zui-chang-gong-gong-qian-zhui-by-leetcode-solution/
class Solution {
    public String longestCommonPrefix(String[] strs) {
        if (strs == null || strs.length == 0) {
            return "";
        }
        int length = strs[0].length();
        int count = strs.length;
        for (int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
            char c = strs[0].charAt(i);
            for (int j = 1; j < count; j++) {
                if (i == strs[j].length() || strs[j].charAt(i) != c) {
                    return strs[0].substring(0, i);
                }
            }
        }
        return strs[0];
    }
}
作者:LeetCode-Solution
链接:https://leetcode-cn.com/problems/longest-common-prefix/solution/zui-chang-gong-gong-qian-zhui-by-leetcode-solution/
解析
方法一是横向扫描,依次遍历每个字符串,更新最长公共前缀。
方法二是纵向扫描。纵向扫描时,从前往后遍历所有字符串的每一列,比较相同列上的字符是否相同,如果相同则继续对下一列进行比较,如果不相同则当前列不再属于公共前缀,当前列之前的部分为最长公共前缀。