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  1. import java.util.*;
  2. import java.util.stream.*;
  3. import java.util.function.*;
  4. class Ideone {
  5. 	public static void main (String[] args)  {
  6. 	String[] input = "chat, ever, snapchat, snap, salesperson, per, person, sales, son, whatsoever, what, so".split(", ");
  7.      System.out.println(Arrays.toString(find(input)));
  8. }
  9.  
  10. private static String[] find(String[] array) {
  11.     Set<String> words = new LinkedHashSet<>(Arrays.asList(array));
  12.     Set<String> otherWords = new HashSet<>(words);
  13.     for (Iterator<String> i = words.iterator(); i.hasNext(); ) {
  14.         String next = i.next();
  15.         otherWords.remove(next);
  16.         if (isCompound(next, otherWords)) {
  17.             i.remove();
  18.         } else {
  19.             otherWords.add(next);
  20.         }
  21.     }
  22.     return words.stream().toArray(String[]::new);
  23. }
  24.  
  25. private static boolean isCompound(String string, Set<String> otherWords) {
  26.     if (otherWords.contains(string)) {
  27.         return true;
  28.     }
  29.     for (String word : otherWords) {
  30.         if (string.startsWith(word)) {
  31.             return isCompound(string.replaceAll("^" + word, ""), otherWords);
  32.         }
  33.         if (string.endsWith(word)) {
  34.             return isCompound(string.replaceAll(word + "$", ""), otherWords);
  35.         }
  36.     }
  37.     return false;
  38. }
  39. }
Success #stdin #stdout 0.1s 711680KB
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[chat, ever, snap, per, sales, son, what, so]
https://ideone.com/cw7iUM
language:
Java (HotSpot 12)
created:
8 years ago
visibility:
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