Challenge 4: Longest Common Substring

Let's write some code to find the longest common substring

Problem Statement

Given two strings, s1 and s2, write a function that finds and returns the length of the longest substring of s2 in s1 (if any exist).

Input

two strings

Output

an integer

Sample Input

string s1 = "www.educative.io/explore";
string s2 = "educative.io/edpresso";

Sample Output

14

Coding Exercise

Take a close look and design a step-by-step algorithm before jumping on to the implementation. This problem is designed for your practice, so try to solve it on your own first. If you get stuck, you can always refer to the hint and solution provided in the code tab. Good Luck!

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