LeetCode-in-Java

2185. Counting Words With a Given Prefix

Easy

You are given an array of strings words and a string pref.

Return the number of strings in words that contain pref as a prefix.

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

Example 1:

Input: words = [“pay”,”attention”,”practice”,”attend”], pref = “at”

Output: 2

Explanation: The 2 strings that contain “at” as a prefix are: “attention” and “attend”.

Example 2:

Input: words = [“leetcode”,”win”,”loops”,”success”], pref = “code”

Output: 0

Explanation: There are no strings that contain “code” as a prefix.

Constraints:

Solution

public class Solution {
    public int prefixCount(String[] words, String pref) {
        int count = 0;
        for (String s : words) {
            if (s.startsWith(pref)) {
                count++;
            }
        }
        return count;
    }
}