Solving Longest Common Prefix Problem in Python

🚀 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗮 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘅 (𝗟𝗖𝗣) 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻 As part of improving my problem-solving skills, I explored multiple approaches to solve the Longest Common Prefix problem. 🔍 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺: Given a list of strings, find the longest common prefix among them. 💡 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝗜 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱: 🔴 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲 (𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴) Compare characters column-wise across all strings ⏱ Time: O(N × M) 🟡 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 Start with first string and shrink prefix step by step ⏱ Time: O(N × M) 🟢 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 (𝗦𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸) Sort strings and compare only first & last ⏱ Time: O(N log N + M) ⚡ 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀: Early exit conditions improve performance significantly Choosing the right approach depends on input size and use case Clean code > complex code 🧠 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹-𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗨𝘀𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀: Search suggestions (Autocomplete) Text processing systems Data normalization 📂 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗚𝗶𝘁𝗛𝘂𝗯: 👉 https://lnkd.in/gJQ-KgRP #Python #DataStructures #Algorithms #Coding #SoftwareDevelopment #ProblemSolving #Developers #GitHub #LearningJourney

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