Easy
Make Three Strings Equal — C++
Full explanation · Time O(n) · Space O(1)
// Time: O(n)
// Space: O(1)
// string
class Solution {
public:
int findMinimumOperations(string s1, string s2, string s3) {
int i = 0;
for (; i < min({size(s1), size(s2), size(s3)}); ++i) {
if (s1[i] != s2[i] || s2[i] != s3[i]) {
break;
}
}
return i ? size(s1) + size(s2) + size(s3) - 3 * i : -1;
}
};