1455-Check-If-a-Word-Occurs-As-a-Prefix-of-Any-Word-in-a-Sentence

Given a sentence that consists of some words separated by a single space, and a searchWord, check if searchWord is a prefix of any word in sentence.

Return the index of the word in sentence (1-indexed) where searchWord is a prefix of this word. If searchWord is a prefix of more than one word, return the index of the first word (minimum index). If there is no such word return -1.

A prefix of a string s is any leading contiguous substring of s.

Example 1:

Input: sentence = "i love eating burger", searchWord = "burg" Output: 4 Explanation: "burg" is prefix of "burger" which is the 4th word in the sentence. Example 2:

Input: sentence = "this problem is an easy problem", searchWord = "pro" Output: 2 Explanation: "pro" is prefix of "problem" which is the 2nd and the 6th word in the sentence, but we return 2 as it's the minimal index. Example 3:

Input: sentence = "i am tired", searchWord = "you" Output: -1 Explanation: "you" is not a prefix of any word in the sentence.

Constraints:

1 <= sentence.length <= 100 1 <= searchWord.length <= 10 sentence consists of lowercase English letters and spaces. searchWord consists of lowercase English letters.

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