RosettaCodeData/Task/Find-common-directory-path/Java/find-common-directory-path-...

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public class CommonPath {
public static String commonPath(String... paths){
String commonPath = "";
String[][] folders = new String[paths.length][];
for(int i = 0; i < paths.length; i++){
folders[i] = paths[i].split("/"); //split on file separator
}
for(int j = 0; j < folders[0].length; j++){
String thisFolder = folders[0][j]; //grab the next folder name in the first path
boolean allMatched = true; //assume all have matched in case there are no more paths
for(int i = 1; i < folders.length && allMatched; i++){ //look at the other paths
if(folders[i].length < j){ //if there is no folder here
allMatched = false; //no match
break; //stop looking because we've gone as far as we can
}
//otherwise
allMatched &= folders[i][j].equals(thisFolder); //check if it matched
}
if(allMatched){ //if they all matched this folder name
commonPath += thisFolder + "/"; //add it to the answer
}else{//otherwise
break;//stop looking
}
}
return commonPath;
}
public static void main(String[] args){
String[] paths = { "/home/user1/tmp/coverage/test",
"/home/user1/tmp/covert/operator",
"/home/user1/tmp/coven/members"};
System.out.println(commonPath(paths));
String[] paths2 = { "/hame/user1/tmp/coverage/test",
"/home/user1/tmp/covert/operator",
"/home/user1/tmp/coven/members"};
System.out.println(commonPath(paths2));
}
}