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// Efficient Code O(n) : 

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
  
class GFG { 
    
    static int longestDistinct(String str) 
    { 
    	int n = str.length(); 
    	int res = 0;
    	int prev[]=new int[256];
    	Arrays.fill(prev,-1);
    	int i=0;
    	for (int j = 0; j < n; j++)
    	{
    	    i=Math.max(i,prev[str.charAt(j)]+1);
    	    int maxEnd=j-i+1;
    	    res=Math.max(res,maxEnd);
    	    prev[str.charAt(j)]=j;
    	} 
    	return res; 
    } 
    
    public static void main(String args[]) 
    { 
        String str = "geeksforgeeks"; 
	    int len = longestDistinct(str);  // OUTPUT : 7
        System.out.print("The length of longest distinct characters substring is "+ len); 
    } 
} 






// Better Approach O(n2) :

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
  
class GFG { 
    
    static int longestDistinct(String str) 
    { 
    	int n = str.length(); 
    	int res = 0;
    	for (int i = 0; i < n; i++){
    	    boolean visited[]=new boolean[256];
    	    for(int j=i;j<n;j++){
    	        if(visited[str.charAt(j)]==true){
    	            break;
    	        }
    	        else{
    	            res=Math.max(res,j-i+1);
    	            visited[str.charAt(j)]=true;
    	        }
    	    }
    	} 
    	return res; 
    } 
    
    public static void main(String args[]) 
    { 
        String str = "geeksforgeeks"; 
	    int len = longestDistinct(str);  // OUTPUT : 7
        System.out.print("The length of longest distinct characters substring is "+ len); 
    } 
} 






// Naive Code O(n3) : 

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
  
class GFG { 
    
    static boolean areDistinct(String str, int i, int j) 
    { 
    	boolean visited[]=new boolean[256]; 
    
    	for (int k = i; k <= j; k++) { 
    		if (visited[str.charAt(k)] == true) 
    			return false; 
    		visited[str.charAt(k)] = true; 
    	} 
    	return true; 
    } 

    static int longestDistinct(String str) 
    { 
    	int n = str.length(); 
    	int res = 0;
    	for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) 
    		for (int j = i; j < n; j++) 
    			if (areDistinct(str, i, j)) 
    				res = Math.max(res, j - i + 1); 
    	return res; 
    } 
    
    public static void main(String args[]) 
    { 
        String str = "geeksforgeeks"; 
	    int len = longestDistinct(str);  // OUTPUT : 7
        System.out.print("The length of longest distinct characters substring is "+ len);
    } 
} 
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