int lengthOfLongestSubstring(char *str) { int n = strlen(str); if (!n) return 0; int L_len = 1; // length of longest substring int C_len = 1; // length of current substring int P_ind, i; // P_ind for previous index int visited[256]; // visited will keep track of visiting char for the last // instance. since there are 256 ASCII char, its size is // limited to that value. memset(visited, -1, sizeof(int) * 256); visited[str[0]] = 0; // the index of that char will tell us that when it was visited. for (i = 1; i < n; i++) { P_ind = visited[str[i]]; if (P_ind == -1 || i - C_len > P_ind) C_len++; // if the current char was not visited earlier, or it is // not the part of current substring else { // otherwise, we need to change the current/longest substring length if (C_len > L_len) L_len = C_len; C_len = i - P_ind; } visited[str[i]] = i; } if (C_len > L_len) L_len = C_len; return L_len; } /* Brute force */ int lengthOfLongestSubstring(char *s) { int cur_max = 0, max = 0; int counter[255]; int end = 0; memset(counter, 0, sizeof(int) * 255); while (end < strlen(s)) { if (counter[s[end]] == 0) { counter[s[end]]++; end++; cur_max++; } else { char c = s[end]; memset(counter, 0, 255 * sizeof(int)); if (cur_max >= max) max = cur_max; cur_max = 0; while (s[end - 1] != c) end--; } } if (cur_max >= max) max = cur_max; return max; }