longest-substring-without-repeating-characters.py

# Time:  O(n)
# Space: O(1)

class Solution(object):
    def lengthOfLongestSubstring(self, s):
        """
        :type s: str
        :rtype: int
        """
        result, left = 0, 0
        lookup = {}
        for right in xrange(len(s)):
            if s[right] in lookup:
                left = max(left, lookup[s[right]]+1)
            lookup[s[right]] = right
            result = max(result, right-left+1)
        return result