append-characters-to-string-to-make-subsequence.html

<p>You are given two strings <code>s</code> and <code>t</code> consisting of only lowercase English letters.</p>

<p>Return <em>the minimum number of characters that need to be appended to the end of </em><code>s</code><em> so that </em><code>t</code><em> becomes a <strong>subsequence</strong> of </em><code>s</code>.</p>

<p>A <strong>subsequence</strong> is a string that can be derived from another string by deleting some or no characters without changing the order of the remaining characters.</p>

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

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<strong>Input:</strong> s = &quot;coaching&quot;, t = &quot;coding&quot;
<strong>Output:</strong> 4
<strong>Explanation:</strong> Append the characters &quot;ding&quot; to the end of s so that s = &quot;coachingding&quot;.
Now, t is a subsequence of s (&quot;<u><strong>co</strong></u>aching<u><strong>ding</strong></u>&quot;).
It can be shown that appending any 3 characters to the end of s will never make t a subsequence.
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<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> s = &quot;abcde&quot;, t = &quot;a&quot;
<strong>Output:</strong> 0
<strong>Explanation:</strong> t is already a subsequence of s (&quot;<u><strong>a</strong></u>bcde&quot;).
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<p><strong class="example">Example 3:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> s = &quot;z&quot;, t = &quot;abcde&quot;
<strong>Output:</strong> 5
<strong>Explanation:</strong> Append the characters &quot;abcde&quot; to the end of s so that s = &quot;zabcde&quot;.
Now, t is a subsequence of s (&quot;z<u><strong>abcde</strong></u>&quot;).
It can be shown that appending any 4 characters to the end of s will never make t a subsequence.
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<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= s.length, t.length &lt;= 10<sup>5</sup></code></li>
	<li><code>s</code> and <code>t</code> consist only of lowercase English letters.</li>
</ul>