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Daily JavaScript Challenge: Compute 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 JavaScript function to find 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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LCP_array#Longest_common_prefix
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- Did you find any interesting edge cases?
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This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by DPC

DPC | Sciencx (2025-03-17T00:00:59+00:00) Daily JavaScript Challenge #JS-127: Compute the Longest Common Prefix. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2025/03/17/daily-javascript-challenge-js-127-compute-the-longest-common-prefix/
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