3 - Common Subwords and Subsequences
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Practice Questions
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Define a subword.
💡 Hint: Consider parts of a given word.
What is the significance of a common subword?
💡 Hint: Think of how words relate in meaning or structure.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the longest common subword for 'intersection' and 'section'?
💡 Hint: Look for contiguous segments in both words.
True or False: The brute-force method is efficient for very large strings.
💡 Hint: Consider time complexity.
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Given the strings 'algorithm' and 'logarithm', determine the longest common subword using both brute-force and dynamic programming approaches. Discuss the results and efficiency.
💡 Hint: Start by breaking down each method step by step.
Design a dynamic programming table for the words 'home' and 'some'. Show the filled table and explain how you derived the length of the longest common subword.
💡 Hint: Refer to how characters are compared for filling values.
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