Practice Motivation for Longest Common Subsequence Problem - 43.1.7 | 43. Longest common subsequence - Part A | Data Structures and Algorithms in Python
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What is the Longest Common Subsequence?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think of it as a continuous order without rearranging.

Question 2

Easy

What does dynamic programming achieve in solving LCS?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how we can use previous results to simplify current computations.

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Interactive Quizzes

Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.

Question 1

What does LCS stand for?

  • Longest Common Sequential
  • Longest Common Subsequence
  • Longest Common Substring

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about the key terms in computer science related to sequences.

Question 2

True or False: A subsequence requires characters to be contiguous.

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider what happens between letters in a string.

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Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Given the strings 'abcdf' and 'acf', compute the LCS and explain your reasoning.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Visualize matching pairs and keeping track of skipped characters.

Question 2

Formulate a dynamic programming algorithm for detecting the LCS between two sequences and analyze its complexity.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Draw out the filling process, considering base cases when one string is empty.

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