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Solution: Shortest Common Supersequence

Let’s solve the Shortest Common Supersequence problem using the Dynamic Programming pattern.

Statement

You are given two strings, str1 and str2. Your task is to find the shortest common supersequence (SCS). The shortest possible string that contains both str1 and str2 as subsequences.

If multiple strings satisfy this condition, you may return any one of them.

Note: A string ss is considered a subsequence of another string tt if ss can be obtained by deleting zero or more characters from tt without changing the order of the remaining characters.

Constraints:

  • 11 \leq str1.length, str2.length 103\leq 10^3 ...