Back to Month
HARD 06 Sep 2026 View on LeetCode

115. Distinct Subsequences

</> Solution

class Solution {
    public int numDistinct(String s, String t) {
        int m = s.length(), n = t.length();
        int[][] dp = new int[m + 1][n + 1];
        for (int i = 0; i <= m; i++) {
            dp[i][0] = 1;
        }
        for (int i = 1; i <= m; i++) {
            for (int j = 1; j <= n; j++) {
                dp[i][j] = dp[i-1][j];
                if (s.charAt(i-1) == t.charAt(j-1)) {
                    dp[i][j] += dp[i-1][j-1];
                }
            }
        }
        return dp[m][n];
    }
}

TIME COMPLEXITY

O(m × n)

SPACE COMPLEXITY

O(m × n)

TOPICS

Dynamic Programming String Subsequence