UVA 1625 Color Length - ACM/ICPC Daejeon 2011

#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
int i,j,v1,v2,l1,l2,cas;
int sq[26],sp[26],eq[26],ep[26];
int d[5010][5010],c[5010][5010];
char q[5010],p[5010];
int main(){
	scanf("%d",&cas);
	while(cas--){
		scanf("\n%s\n%s",q+1,p+1);
		l1=strlen(q+1);
		l2=strlen(p+1);
		for(i=1;i<=l1;i++)
			q[i]-='A';
		for(i=1;i<=l2;i++)
			p[i]-='A';
		memset(sq,0x3f,sizeof(sq));
		memset(sp,0x3f,sizeof(sp));
		memset(eq,-1,sizeof(eq));
		memset(ep,-1,sizeof(ep));
		for(i=1;i<=l1;i++){
			sq[q[i]]=min(sq[q[i]],i);
			eq[q[i]]=i;
		}
		for(i=1;i<=l2;i++){
			sp[p[i]]=min(sp[p[i]],i);
			ep[p[i]]=i;
		}
		for(i=0;i<=l1;i++)
			for(j=0;j<=l2;j++){
				if(i==0&&j==0)continue;
				v1=0x3f3f3f3f;
				v2=0x3f3f3f3f;
				if(i)v1=d[i-1][j]+c[i-1][j];
				if(j)v2=d[i][j-1]+c[i][j-1];
				d[i][j]=min(v1,v2);
				if(i){
					c[i][j]=c[i-1][j];
					if(sq[q[i]]==i&&sp[q[i]]>j)c[i][j]++;
					if(eq[q[i]]==i&&ep[q[i]]<=j)c[i][j]--;
				}
				else if(j){
					c[i][j]=c[i][j-1];
					if(sp[p[j]]==j&&sq[p[j]]>i)c[i][j]++;
					if(ep[p[j]]==j&&eq[p[j]]<=i)c[i][j]--;
				}
			}
		printf("%d\n",d[l1][l2]);
	}
	return 0;
}