common_prefix.go

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package stringutils

func CommonPrefix(strs []string) string {
	if len(strs) == 0 {
		return ""
	}
	candidatePrefix := strs[0]
	for _, s := range strs[1:] {
		candidatePrefix = commonPrefixTwoStrings(candidatePrefix, s)
	}
	return candidatePrefix
}

func commonPrefixTwoStrings(a, b string) string {
	commonLen := 0
	for ; commonLen < len(a) && commonLen < len(b); commonLen++ {
		if a[commonLen] != b[commonLen] {
			break
		}
	}
	return a[:commonLen]
}