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+class Solution {
+public:
+    string longestCommonPrefix(vector<string>& strs) {
+        string x = "";
+        for(int i=0;i<strs[0].size();i++){
+            char ans=strs[0][i];
+            for(int j=1;j<strs.size();j++){
+                if(ans!=strs[j][i]){
+                    cout<< x;
+                    break;
+                } 
+            }
+            x=x+ans;
+        }
+       // return x;
+    }
+};