Shortest Common Supersequence
<p>Given two strings <code>str1</code> and <code>str2</code>, return <em>the shortest string that has both </em><code>str1</code><em> and </em><code>str2</code><em> as <strong>subsequences</strong></em>. If there are multiple valid strings, return <strong>any</strong> of them.</p>

<p>A string <code>s</code> is a <strong>subsequence</strong> of string <code>t</code> if deleting some number of characters from <code>t</code> (possibly <code>0</code>) results in the string <code>s</code>.</p>

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<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> str1 = &quot;abac&quot;, str2 = &quot;cab&quot;
<strong>Output:</strong> &quot;cabac&quot;
<strong>Explanation:</strong> 
str1 = &quot;abac&quot; is a subsequence of &quot;cabac&quot; because we can delete the first &quot;c&quot;.
str2 = &quot;cab&quot; is a subsequence of &quot;cabac&quot; because we can delete the last &quot;ac&quot;.
The answer provided is the shortest such string that satisfies these properties.
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<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> str1 = &quot;aaaaaaaa&quot;, str2 = &quot;aaaaaaaa&quot;
<strong>Output:</strong> &quot;aaaaaaaa&quot;
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<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= str1.length, str2.length &lt;= 1000</code></li>
	<li><code>str1</code> and <code>str2</code> consist of lowercase English letters.</li>
</ul>
String; Dynamic Programming
function shortestCommonSupersequence(str1: string, str2: string): string {
    const m = str1.length;
    const n = str2.length;
    const f = new Array(m + 1).fill(0).map(() => new Array(n + 1).fill(0));
    for (let i = 1; i <= m; ++i) {
        for (let j = 1; j <= n; ++j) {
            if (str1[i - 1] == str2[j - 1]) {
                f[i][j] = f[i - 1][j - 1] + 1;
            } else {
                f[i][j] = Math.max(f[i - 1][j], f[i][j - 1]);
            }
        }
    }
    let ans: string[] = [];
    let i = m;
    let j = n;
    while (i > 0 || j > 0) {
        if (i === 0) {
            ans.push(str2[--j]);
        } else if (j === 0) {
            ans.push(str1[--i]);
        } else {
            if (f[i][j] === f[i - 1][j]) {
                ans.push(str1[--i]);
            } else if (f[i][j] === f[i][j - 1]) {
                ans.push(str2[--j]);
            } else {
                ans.push(str1[--i]);
                --j;
            }
        }
    }
    return ans.reverse().join('');
}
