Given a string S and a string T, count the number of distinct subsequences of S which equals T.
A subsequence of a string is a new string which is formed from the original string by deleting some (can be none) of the characters without disturbing the relative positions of the remaining characters. (ie, “ACE” is a subsequence of “ABCDE” while “AEC” is not).
Example 1:
Input: S = “rabbbit”, T = “rabbit”
Output: 3
Explanation:
As shown below, there are 3 ways you can generate “rabbit” from S.
(The caret symbol ^ means the chosen letters)
rabbbit
^^^^ ^^
rabbbit
^^ ^^^^
rabbbit
^^^ ^^^
Example 2:
Input: S = “babgbag”, T = “bag”
Output: 5
Explanation:
As shown below, there are 5 ways you can generate “bag” from S.
(The caret symbol ^ means the chosen letters)
babgbag
^^ ^
babgbag
^^ ^
babgbag
^ ^^
babgbag
^ ^^
babgbag
^^^
https://leetcode.com/problems/distinct-subsequences/discuss/37327/Easy-to-understand-DP-in-Java
public int numDistinct(String S, String T) {
// array creation
int[][] mem = new int[T.length()+1][S.length()+1];
// filling the first row: with 1s
for(int j=0; j<=S.length(); j++) {
mem[0][j] = 1;
}
// the first column is 0 by default in every other rows but the first, which we need.
for(int i=0; i<T.length(); i++) {
for(int j=0; j<S.length(); j++) {
if(T.charAt(i) == S.charAt(j)) {
mem[i+1][j+1] = mem[i][j] + mem[i+1][j];
} else {
mem[i+1][j+1] = mem[i+1][j];
}
}
}
return mem[T.length()][S.length()];
}