Solution.cs

namespace LeetCodeNet.G0001_0100.S0003_longest_substring_without_repeating_characters {

// #Medium #Top_100_Liked_Questions #Top_Interview_Questions #String #Hash_Table #Sliding_Window
// #Algorithm_I_Day_6_Sliding_Window #Level_2_Day_14_Sliding_Window/Two_Pointer #Udemy_Strings
// #Big_O_Time_O(n)_Space_O(1) #2023_12_22_Time_50_ms_(98.40%)_Space_41.9_MB_(30.26%)

public class Solution {
    public int LengthOfLongestSubstring(string s) {
        int[] lastIndices = new int[256];
        for (int i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
            lastIndices[i] = -1;
        }
        int maxLen = 0;
        int curLen = 0;
        int start = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < s.Length; i++) {
            char cur = s[i];
            if (lastIndices[cur] < start) {
                lastIndices[cur] = i;
                curLen++;
            } else {
                int lastIndex = lastIndices[cur];
                start = lastIndex + 1;
                curLen = i - start + 1;
                lastIndices[cur] = i;
            }
            if (curLen > maxLen) {
                maxLen = curLen;
            }
        }
        return maxLen;
    }
}
}