Check If a Word Occurs As a Prefix of Any Word in a Sentence Problem
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Problem description
Description You are 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. Your task is to compute the required answer and 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.
Examples
Input {"sentence": "i love eating burger", "searchWord": "burg"}; Output 4. Input {"sentence": "this problem is an easy problem", "searchWord": "pro"}; Output 2
Constraints
1 <= sentence.length <= 100 1 <= searchWord.length <= 10 sentence consists of lowercase English letters and spaces. searchWord consists of lowercase English letters.
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