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Solution: Distinct Subsequences

Explore a dynamic programming solution to count how many distinct subsequences of one string match another. Understand how to optimize space with a 1D array and improve efficiency by iterating strings in reverse. Learn to implement and analyze the solution's time and space complexities for effective coding interview preparation.

Statement

Given two strings, s and t, determine how many distinct subsequences of s match t exactly.

Note: A subsequence is formed by deleting zero or more characters from s without changing the relative order of the remaining characters.

You may assume the result will always fit within a 3232-bit signed integer.

Constraints:

  • 11 \leq s.length, t.length 1000\leq 1000 ...