t'was a mess, now less

longest-substring-without-repeating-characters.py

@@ -7,25 +7,23 @@ def solution(s: str) -> int:
     if len(s) == 0:
         return 0
 
-    subs = {}
+    longest = -1
 
     def count(ss: str):
         c = {}
         for ch in ss:
-            c[ch] = (c[ch] if ch in c.keys() else 0) + 1
+            if ch in c.keys():
-            if c[ch] > 1:
+                return 1
-                return None
+            c[ch] = 1
-        return c
+        return len(ss)
 
     for f in range(0, len(s)):
-        subs[s[f]] = count(s[f])
         for t in range(f+1, len(s)):
-            sample = s[f:t+1]
+            cs = count(s[f:t+1])
-            cs = count(sample)
+            longest = cs if cs > longest else longest
-            if cs:
+        longest = 1 if longest < 1 else longest
-                subs[sample] = cs
 
-    return max(map(lambda x: len(x), subs.keys()))
+    return longest
 
 
 print(solution("") == 0)
@@ -37,4 +35,5 @@ print(solution("xyzyz") == 3)
 print(solution("abcccabcxyz") == 6)
 print(solution("axyzqaxyzqdf") == 7)
 print(solution("wsslpluuwekuaxt") == 7)
+print(solution("wwwwwwwwwsslpluuwekuaxt") == 7)