Write a function that returns the longest palindrome in a given string. e.g "ccddcc" in the string "

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Published on 2009-07-12T00:16:39Z Indexed on 2010/04/20 17:13 UTC
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I thought of a solution but it runs in O(n^2) time

Algo 1:

Steps: Its a brute force method

  1. Have 2 for loops
    for i = 1 to i less than array.length -1
    for j=i+1 to j less than array.length
  2. This way you can get substring of every possible combination from the array
  3. Have a palindrome function which checks if a string is palindrome
  4. so for every substring (i,j) call this function, if it is a palindrome store it in a string variable
  5. If you find next palindrome substring and if it is greater than the current one, replace it with current one.
  6. Finally your string variable will have the answer

Issues: 1. This algo runs in O(n^2) time.

Algo 2:

  1. Reverse the string and store it in diferent array
  2. Now find the largest matching substring between both the array
  3. But this too runs in O(n^2) time

Can you guys think of an algo which runs in a better time. If possible O(n) time

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