longest common subsequence javascript code example

Example 1: find length of longest string in array javascript

const findLongest = words => Math.max(...(words.map(el => el.length)));

// Example
findLongest(['always','look','on','the','bright','side','of','life']);  // 6

Example 2: longest common subsequence codefroces

#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

const int MAX = 1001;

int dp[MAX][MAX];
bool visited[MAX][MAX];
int x, y;
string s1, s2;

int lcs(int i, int j)
{
    if(i == x || j == y)
        return 0;

    if(visited[i][j])
        return dp[i][j];

    visited[i][j] = true;
    int ans = 0;
    if(s1[i] == s2[j])
    {
        ans = max(ans, 1+lcs(i+1, j+1));
    }
    else
    {
        ans = max(ans, lcs(i+1, j));
        ans = max(ans, lcs(i, j+1));
    }

    dp[i][j] = ans;
    return ans;
}

int main()
{
    cin >> x >> y;
    cin >> s1 >> s2;

    for(int i=0; i<=x; i++)
    {
        for(int j=0; j<=y; j++)
        {
            visited[i][j] = false;
        }
    }

    cout << lcs(0, 0);
    return 0;
}