leetcode-go/leetcode/easy/14.go

package main

func longestCommonPrefix(strs []string) string {
	res := make([]rune, 0)
	// spacial case
	if len(res) == 0 {
		return ""
	}
	cnt := len(strs[0])
	// find minimum length of strings
	for _, v := range strs {
		if cnt > len(v) {
			cnt = len(v)
		}
	}
	// vertical serach
	// [0 _] [0 _] [0 _] --> [_ 1] [_ 1] [_ 0] --> [0]
	for i := 0; i < cnt; i++ {
		curr := strs[0][i]
		for _, v := range strs {
			if curr != v[i] {
				cnt = -1
			}
		}
		if cnt != -1 {
			res = append(res, rune(curr))
		}
	}
	return string(res)
}