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

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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 st

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