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Perl Longest Common Prefix
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| # returns longest common prefix of a list of strings | |
| sub lcp | |
| { | |
| my $match = shift; | |
| substr($match, (($match ^ $_) =~ /^\0*/, $+[0])) = '' for @_; | |
| $match; | |
| } |
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Is there a version to return the longest common suffix of a list of strings?