LCS program code example

Example 1: python lcs length

def lcs(X, Y):
  
    n = len(Y)
    m = len(X)
    
    L = [[None]*(n + 1) for i in range(m + 1)]
    for i in range(m + 1): 
        for j in range(n + 1): 
            if i == 0 or j == 0 : 
                L[i][j] = 0
            elif X[i-1] == Y[j-1]: 
                L[i][j] = L[i-1][j-1]+1
            else: 
                L[i][j] = max(L[i-1][j], L[i][j-1])
                
    return L[m][n]

Example 2: longest common subsequence

int maxSubsequenceSubstring(char x[], char y[], 
                            int n, int m) 
{ 
    int dp[MAX][MAX]; 
  
    // Initialize the dp[][] to 0. 
    for (int i = 0; i <= m; i++) 
        for (int j = 0; j <= n; j++) 
            dp[i][j] = 0; 
  
    // Calculating value for each element. 
    for (int i = 1; i <= m; i++) { 
        for (int j = 1; j <= n; j++) { 
  
            // If alphabet of string X and Y are 
            // equal make dp[i][j] = 1 + dp[i-1][j-1] 
            if (x[j - 1] == y[i - 1]) 
                dp[i][j] = 1 + dp[i - 1][j - 1]; 
  
            // Else copy the previous value in the 
            // row i.e dp[i-1][j-1] 
            else
                dp[i][j] = dp[i][j - 1]; 
        } 
    } 
  
    // Finding the maximum length. 
    int ans = 0; 
    for (int i = 1; i <= m; i++) 
        ans = max(ans, dp[i][n]); 
  
    return ans; 
}