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#1

it is sorting in lexicographical order but the longer length is not being returned first,instead the shorter one is being returned.Please help.

#2

@srshubhi398 For this question you can make an array of strings and then sort it according to the condition that if there is a prefix match between two string, sort in decreasing order of length. Use C++ inbuilt sort function with a custom comparator something like this:

bool mycompare( string a, string b)
{
int l1=a.length();int l2=b.length();int flag=-1;
for(int i=0;i<min(l1,l2);i++){
if(a[i]!=b[i])
flag=0;
}
if(flag==-1) // means there is a prefix match
return l1>l2; // so sort decreasing order of length
else
return a<b; //sorting in normal dictionary order when no prefix match
}

Hope this helps :slightly_smiling_face:

#3

but I am not able to understand the problem with my code

#4

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