Longest substring without repeating characters ============================================== input "abcabcbb" right=0 'a' left=0 window="a" best=1 right=1 'b' left=0 window="ab" best=2 right=2 'c' left=0 window="abc" best=3 right=3 'a' left=1 window="bca" best=3 seen at 0 inside the window, left 0 -> 1 right=4 'b' left=2 window="cab" best=3 seen at 1 inside the window, left 1 -> 2 right=5 'c' left=3 window="abc" best=3 seen at 2 inside the window, left 2 -> 3 right=6 'b' left=5 window="cb" best=3 seen at 4 inside the window, left 3 -> 5 right=7 'b' left=7 window="b" best=3 seen at 6 inside the window, left 5 -> 7 answer = 3 input "abba" right=0 'a' left=0 window="a" best=1 right=1 'b' left=0 window="ab" best=2 right=2 'b' left=2 window="b" best=2 seen at 1 inside the window, left 0 -> 2 right=3 'a' left=2 window="ba" best=2 seen at 0 but that is left of the window, left stays 2 answer = 2