#2108

Find First Palindromic String in the Array

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Description

Given an array of strings words, return the first string in the array that is a palindrome. If no palindrome exists, return an empty string "".

A string is a palindrome if it reads identically forwards and backwards.

Example 1:

Input: words = ["abc","car","ada","racecar","cool"]
Output: "ada"
Explanation: The first string that is palindromic is "ada".
Note that "racecar" is also palindromic, but it is not the first.

Example 2:

Input: words = ["notapalindrome","racecar"]
Output: "racecar"
Explanation: The first and only string that is palindromic is "racecar".

Example 3:

Input: words = ["def","ghi"]
Output: ""
Explanation: There are no palindromic strings, so the empty string is returned.

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