Merge pull request neetcode-gh#1423 from VigneshIyer25/main

Create : 58-Length-of-Last-Word

Author: Ahmad-A0

cpp/58-Length-of-Last-Word.cpp

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+class Solution {
+public:
+    /*
+    Approach: 
+    Traverse from end to the first whitespace character and count the number of letters.
+    Return the count as our pointer hits the whitespace character.
+    
+    Time complexity: O(n)
+    Space complexity: O(1)
+    */    
+    int lengthOfLastWord(string s) {
+        int n = s.length();
+        
+        int ptr = n-1;
+        while(ptr >= 0 && s[ptr] == ' ') ptr--; /* Skip the trailing whitespaces */
+        
+        int len = 0;
+        while(ptr >= 0 && s[ptr--] != ' ') len++; /* Counting the letters in the last word */
+        return len;
+    }
+};