Problem 14 Longest Common Prefix

Language

JavaScript

Description

Write a function to find the longest common prefix string amongst an array of strings.
If there is no common prefix, return an empty string "".

Example

Input

["dog","racecar","car"]

Output

""

Explanation

There is no common prefix among the input strings.

Analysis

Let pre to be the first letter of strs,compare it with string one by one until it's not match.
Return pre.
==Solution by @rhinoc==

Solution

/**
 * @param {string[]} strs
 * @return {string}
 */
var longestCommonPrefix = function (strs) {
    var pre = strs[0] ? strs[0] : '';
    for (var i = 1; i < strs.length; i++) {
        var regex = new RegExp('^' + pre);
        while (!regex.test(strs[i]) && pre.length) {
            pre = pre.slice(0, pre.length - 1);
            regex = new RegExp('^' + pre);
        }
    }
    return pre;
};