Problem

You are given an array of strings words and a string pref.

Return the number of strings in words that contain pref as a prefix.

A prefix of a string s is any leading contiguous substring of s.

https://leetcode.com/problems/counting-words-with-a-given-prefix/

Example 1:

Input: words = ["pay","attention","practice","attend"], pref = "at"
Output: 2
Explanation: The 2 strings that contain "at" as a prefix are: "attention" and "attend".

Example 2:

Input: words = ["leetcode","win","loops","success"], pref = "code"
Output: 0
Explanation: There are no strings that contain "code" as a prefix.

Constraints:

  • 1 <= words.length <= 100
  • 1 <= words[i].length, pref.length <= 100
  • words[i] and pref consist of lowercase English letters.

Test Cases

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class Solution:
def prefixCount(self, words: List[str], pref: str) -> int:
solution_test.py
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import pytest

from solution import Solution


@pytest.mark.parametrize('words, pref, expected', [
(["pay","attention","practice","attend"], "at", 2),
(["leetcode","win","loops","success"], "code", 0),
])
@pytest.mark.parametrize('sol', [Solution()])
def test_solution(sol, words, pref, expected):
assert sol.prefixCount(words, pref) == expected

Thoughts

Code

solution.py
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class Solution:
def prefixCount(self, words: list[str], pref: str) -> int:
return sum(1 for word in words if word.startswith(pref))