Dsa
Hashing
Hard
Count Distinct Subsequences
You are given a string s and a string t. Find the number of distinct subsequences of s which equals t. A subsequence is derived by deleting some or none of the characters from s without changing the order of the remaining characters. Only consider distinct subsequences.
Input Format:
Two lines: the first line contains the string s, and the second line contains the string t.
Output Format:
An integer representing the number of distinct subsequences.
Example:
Input:
abc
ab
Output:
3 (The subsequences are 'ab', 'a*' followed by 'b', and 'a*b'.)
Key concepts
hashingstringsdynamic programming
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