From e6b4390e6ef4e30d66ad47fe98f5c45e329db79e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ivan <ivan1016017@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 04:20:50 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] longest common prefix

---
 .../longest_common_prefix.py                  | 21 ++++++++++++++++
 .../test_longest_common_prefix_round_14.py    | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 45 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/my_project/interviews/top_150_questions_round_14/longest_common_prefix.py
 create mode 100644 tests/test_150_questions_round_14/test_longest_common_prefix_round_14.py

diff --git a/src/my_project/interviews/top_150_questions_round_14/longest_common_prefix.py b/src/my_project/interviews/top_150_questions_round_14/longest_common_prefix.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd1afe61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/my_project/interviews/top_150_questions_round_14/longest_common_prefix.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from typing import List, Union, Collection, Mapping, Optional
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+
+class Solution:
+    def longestCommonPrefix(self, strs: List[str]) -> str:
+
+        if not strs:
+            return ''
+        else:
+            min_strs, max_strs = min(strs), max(strs)
+            count = 0 
+
+            len_min_strs = len(min_strs)
+
+            for i in range(len_min_strs):
+                if min_strs[i] != max_strs[i]:
+                    break 
+                else: 
+                    count += 1 
+
+            return min_strs[:count]
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diff --git a/tests/test_150_questions_round_14/test_longest_common_prefix_round_14.py b/tests/test_150_questions_round_14/test_longest_common_prefix_round_14.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e7900fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_150_questions_round_14/test_longest_common_prefix_round_14.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import unittest
+from src.my_project.interviews.top_150_questions_round_14\
+.longest_common_prefix import Solution
+
+
+class LongestCommonPrefixTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_longest_common_prefix(self):
+        solution = Solution()
+        output = solution.longestCommonPrefix(strs=["flower","flow","flight"])
+        target = 'fl'
+        self.assertEqual(target, output)
+
+    def test_longest_no_common_prefix(self):
+        solution = Solution()
+        output = solution.longestCommonPrefix(strs=["dog","racecar","car"])
+        target = ''
+        self.assertEqual(target, output)
+
+    def test_longest_common_prefix_null_list(self):
+        solution = Solution()
+        output = solution.longestCommonPrefix(strs=[])
+        target = ''
+        self.assertEqual(target, output)
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