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583 Delete Operation for Two Strings

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Solution

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Code

Complexity T : O(mn) M : O(mn)

class Solution:
    def minDistance(self, word1: str, word2: str) -> int:
        m, n = len(word1), len(word2)
        dp = [[0 for _ in range(n + 1)] for _ in range(m + 1)]
        for i in range(1, m + 1):
            for j in range(1, n + 1):
                if word1[i - 1] == word2[j - 1]:
                    dp[i][j] = dp[i - 1][j - 1] + 1
                else:
                    dp[i][j] = max(dp[i - 1][j], dp[i][j - 1])
        
        return m + n - 2 * dp[m][n]