Solution: Longest Substring without Repeating Characters
Explore the sliding window technique to solve the problem of finding the longest substring without repeating characters in a string. Understand how to use a hash map to track character indices and dynamically adjust the window boundaries for optimal time and space complexity. By the end of this lesson, you'll be able to implement a linear time solution that efficiently handles duplicates and calculates the longest unique substring length.
Statement
Given a string, str, return the length of the longest substring without repeating characters.
Constraints:
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str.length