CF - 496C - Removing Columns

problem:

http://codeforces.com/problemset/problem/496/C

给n个长度为m的字符串。删掉第j列的意思是把每一行的第j个字符都删掉。

问，最少删除几列，使得这n个字符串是非减的。即第i个字符串的字典序不大于第i+1个字符串。

1<=n, m<=100

think:

枚举每个当前列能不能删。已经当前列和上面的串的关系，大于还是等于。

code:

const int N = 1010;

int n, m;
char str[N][N];
bool f[2][N];

int main(){
    while(scanf("%d%d", &n, &m) != EOF){
        for(int i = 0; i < n; ++i) scanf("%s", str[i]);
        for(int i = 0; i < n; ++i) f[1][i] = 0;
        int ans = 0;
        for(int j = 0; j < m; ++j){
            int jj = (j & 1);
            bool del = 0;
            for(int i = 1; i < n; ++i){
                if(f[jj^1][i] == 0 && str[i][j] < str[i-1][j]){
                    del = 1;
                    break;
                } else if(f[jj^1][i] == 0 && str[i][j] == str[i-1][j]){
                    f[jj][i] = 0;
                } else {
                    f[jj][i] = 1;
                }
            }
            //cout<<endl;
            if(del){
                ++ans;
                for(int i = 1; i < n; ++i){
                    f[jj][i] = f[jj^1][i];
                }
            }
        }
        printf("%d\n", ans);
    }
    return 0;
}