Longest Unique Substring Problem Statement

Given a string input of length 'n', your task is to determine the length of the longest substring that contains no repeating characters.

Explanation:

A substring is a continuous sequence of characters within a string, formed by removing zero or more characters from the ends while maintaining the order.

Input:

A single line consisting of a string of length 'n' containing lowercase alphabets.

Output:

An integer representing the length of the longest substring with unique characters.

Example:

Input:
s = "abcabcbb"
Output:
3
Explanation:

The answer is "abc", with the length of 3.

Constraints:

  • 1 <= n <= 10^5
  • Time Limit: 1 sec
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