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Interleaving Strings

Explore how to solve the interleaving strings problem using dynamic programming. Understand both naive and optimized approaches to check if a string can be formed by interleaving two others while preserving order. This lesson helps you master top-down and bottom-up DP solutions to efficiently verify string interleavings and improve your coding interview skills in JavaScript.

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Statement

Given strings s1, s2, and s3, find whether an interleaving of s1 and s2 forms s3.

An interleaving of two strings a and b is a configuration where a and b splits into nn and mm substrings, respectively, such that:

  • a =a1= a_{1} + a2a_{2} + … + ana_{n}
  • b =b1= b_{1} + b2b_{2} + … + bmb_{m}
  • ∣n−m∣⩽1\left | n - m \right | \leqslant 1
  • The interleaving can follow either of the following two formats:
    • a1+b1+a2+b2+a3+b3+...a_{1} + b_{1} + a_{2} + b_{2} + a_{3} + b_{3} + ...
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