Daily JavaScript Challenge: Find the Longest Common Prefix
Hey fellow developers! 👋 Welcome to today's JavaScript coding challenge. Let's keep those programming skills sharp!
The Challenge
Difficulty: Medium
Topic: String Manipulation
Description
Write a function that finds the longest common prefix string amongst an array of strings. If there is no common prefix, return an empty string "".
Ready to Begin?
- Fork this challenge
- Write your solution
- Test it against the provided test cases
- Share your approach in the comments below!
Want to Learn More?
Check out the documentation about this topic here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Working_with_Strings
Join the Discussion!
- How did you approach this problem?
- Did you find any interesting edge cases?
- What was your biggest learning from this challenge?
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Top comments (3)
Growth from these kinds of challenges sneaks up on me - every day it gets a bit easier to spot the patterns
Funny how often I've seen this one pop up in interviews! I find sorting the array can actually make prefix extraction way easier. Did anyone hit any weird edge cases with empty or single-item arrays?
Maybe we can add an 'interview questions' / 'interview challenges' section? 🤔