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Longest Happy Prefix

A string is called a happy prefix if is a non-empty prefix which is also a suffix (excluding itself).

A string is called a happy prefix if is a non-empty prefix which is also a suffix (excluding itself).

Given a string s, return the longest happy prefix of s. Return an empty string "" if no such prefix exists.

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Example 1

Input: s = "level"

Output: "l"

Explanation: s contains 4 prefix excluding itself ("l", "le", "lev", "leve"), and suffix ("l", "el", "vel", "evel"). The largest prefix which is also suffix is given by "l".

Example 2

Input: s = "ababab"

Output: "abab"

Explanation: "abab" is the largest prefix which is also suffix. They can overlap in the original string.

Constraints

  • 1 <= s.length <= 10^5
  • s contains only lowercase English letters.

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