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#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from typing import List
def shortest_unique_prefixes(words: List[str]) -> List[str]:
result = []
for word in words:
prefix = ""
for char in word:
prefix += char
if not any(res.startswith(prefix) for res in result):
result.append(prefix)
break
return result
if __name__ == "__main__":
input_list = ["alphabet", "book", "carpet", "cadmium", "cadeau", "alpine"]
result = shortest_unique_prefixes(input_list)
print(result)
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