Remove Sub-Folders from the Filesystem(LeetCode 1233):

Problem

Given a list of folders folder, return the folders after removing all sub-folders in those folders. You may return the answer in any order.

If a folder[i] is located within another folder[j], it is called a sub-folder of it.

The format of a path is one or more concatenated strings of the form: '/' followed by one or more lowercase English letters.

  • For example, "/leetcode" and "/leetcode/problems" are valid paths while an empty string and "/" are not.

 

Example 1:

Input: folder = ["/a","/a/b","/c/d","/c/d/e","/c/f"]
Output: ["/a","/c/d","/c/f"]
Explanation: Folders "/a/b" is a subfolder of "/a" and "/c/d/e" is inside of folder "/c/d" in our filesystem.

Example 2:

Input: folder = ["/a","/a/b/c","/a/b/d"]
Output: ["/a"]
Explanation: Folders "/a/b/c" and "/a/b/d" will be removed because they are subfolders of "/a".

Example 3:

Input: folder = ["/a/b/c","/a/b/ca","/a/b/d"]
Output: ["/a/b/c","/a/b/ca","/a/b/d"]

 

Constraints:

  • 1 <= folder.length <= 4 * 104
  • 2 <= folder[i].length <= 100
  • folder[i] contains only lowercase letters and '/'.
  • folder[i] always starts with the character '/'.
  • Each folder name is unique.