DIY: Longest Substring without Repeating Characters
Solve the interview question "Longest Substring without Repeating Characters" in this lesson.
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Problem statement
In this coding example, you are given a string s
. Your task is to find the longest substring without repeating characters. You also have to return the length of this longest substring.
Note: If a DNA sequence is empty (does not have any chromosomes), you will return its length, which will be
0
.
Input
The input should be a string. The following are examples of input to the function:
# Sample Input 1:
"abcabcbb"
# Sample Input 2:
""
Output
The output should be a list of strings that contains the longest substring without any repeating characters and its length, converted to a string. The following are examples of outputs:
# Sample Output 1:
["abc", "3"]
# Sample Output 2:
["0"]
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