//C++
bool isMatch(string s, string p)
{
if (p.empty()) return s.empty();
if (s.empty()) return p.empty() || (p[1] == '*' ? isMatch(s, p.substr(2)) : false);
if (p[0] != '.' && s[0] != p[0]) return p[1] == '*' ? isMatch(s, p.substr(2)) : false;
if (p[1] == '*') return isMatch(s.substr(1), p) || isMatch(s, p.substr(2));
return isMatch(s.substr(1), p.substr(1));
}
class Solution {
public boolean isMatch(String s, String p) {
int m = s.length();
int n = p.length();
boolean[][] f = new boolean[m + 1][n + 1];
f[0][0] = true;
for (int i = 0; i <= m; ++i) {
for (int j = 1; j <= n; ++j) {
if (p.charAt(j - 1) == '*') {
f[i][j] = f[i][j - 2];
if (matches(s, p, i, j - 1)) {
f[i][j] = f[i][j] || f[i - 1][j];
}
}
else {
if (matches(s, p, i, j)) {
f[i][j] = f[i - 1][j - 1];
}
}
}
}
return f[m][n];
}
public boolean matches(String s, String p, int i, int j) {
if (i == 0) {
return false;
}
if (p.charAt(j - 1) == '.') {
return true;
}
return s.charAt(i - 1) == p.charAt(j - 1);
}
}