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1455. Check If a Word Occurs As a Prefix of Any Word in a Sentence

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Description

Given a sentence that consists of some words separated by a single space, and a searchWord, check if searchWord is a prefix of any word in sentence.

Return the index of the word in sentence (1-indexed) where searchWord is a prefix of this word. If searchWord is a prefix of more than one word, return the index of the first word (minimum index). If there is no such word return -1.

A prefix of a string s is any leading contiguous substring of s.

 

Example 1:

Input: sentence = "i love eating burger", searchWord = "burg"
Output: 4
Explanation: "burg" is prefix of "burger" which is the 4th word in the sentence.

Example 2:

Input: sentence = "this problem is an easy problem", searchWord = "pro"
Output: 2
Explanation: "pro" is prefix of "problem" which is the 2nd and the 6th word in the sentence, but we return 2 as it's the minimal index.

Example 3:

Input: sentence = "i am tired", searchWord = "you"
Output: -1
Explanation: "you" is not a prefix of any word in the sentence.

 

Constraints:

  • 1 <= sentence.length <= 100
  • 1 <= searchWord.length <= 10
  • sentence consists of lowercase English letters and spaces.
  • searchWord consists of lowercase English letters.

Solution

check-if-a-word-occurs-as-a-prefix-of-any-word-in-a-sentence.py
class Solution:
    def isPrefixOfWord(self, sentence: str, sw: str) -> int:
        S = sentence.split()

        l = 0
        for s in S:
            l += 1
            if len(sw) > len(s): continue
            check = True
            for i in range(min(len(s), len(sw))):
                if sw[i] != s[i]:
                    check = False
                    break

            if check:
                return l


        return -1