Recursion & DP Target: 15s
2D interval DP. Iterate i from bottom-up so dp[i+1] is already computed. Equivalent to LCS(s, reverse(s)).
def longestPalindromeSubseq(s):
n = len(s)
dp = [[0] * n for _ in range(n)]
for i in range(n - 1, -1, -1):
dp[i][i] = 1
for j in range(i + 1, n):
if s[i] == s[j]:
dp[i][j] = dp[i+1][j-1] + 2
else:
dp[i][j] = max(dp[i+1][j], dp[i][j-1])
return dp[0][n-1]
Type it from memory. Go.