Implement strStr()

Problem

Find the index of the first occurrence of a substring, or -1.

Examples

Example 1

Input: ["hello","ll"]

Output: 2

Example 2

Input: ["aaaaa","bba"]

Output: -1

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Compiler

How to solve Implement strStr()

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Time and space complexity

Discuss the dominant operations and any additional data structures used by your implementation.

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