int lengthOfLongestSubstring(char *str)
{
int n = strlen(str);
if (!n)
return 0;
int L_len = 1; // lenght of longest substring
int C_len = 1; // lenght of current substring
int P_ind, i; // P_ind for previous index
int visited[256]; // visited will keep track of visiting char for the last
// instance. since there are 256 ASCII char, its size is
// limited to that value.
memset(visited, -1, sizeof(int) * 256);
visited[str[0]] =
0; // the index of that char will tell us that when it was visited.
for (i = 1; i < n; i++)
{
P_ind = visited[str[i]];
if (P_ind == -1 || i - C_len > P_ind)
C_len++; // if the current char was not visited earlier, or it is
// not the part of current substring
else
{ // otherwise, we need to change the current/longest substring length
if (C_len > L_len)
L_len = C_len;
C_len = i - P_ind;
}
visited[str[i]] = i;
}
if (C_len > L_len)
L_len = C_len;
return L_len;
}
/* Brute force */
int lengthOfLongestSubstring(char *s)
{
int cur_max = 0, max = 0;
int counter[255];
int end = 0;
memset(counter, 0, sizeof(int) * 255);
while (end < strlen(s))
{
if (counter[s[end]] == 0)
{
counter[s[end]]++;
end++;
cur_max++;
}
else
{
char c = s[end];
memset(counter, 0, 255 * sizeof(int));
if (cur_max >= max)
max = cur_max;
cur_max = 0;
while (s[end - 1] != c) end--;
}
}
if (cur_max >= max)
max = cur_max;
return max;
}