class LongestCommonSubsequence { public static String getLCS(String str1, String str2) { //At least one string is null if(str1 == null || str2 == null) return null; //At least one string is empty if(str1.length() == 0 || str2.length() == 0) return ""; String[] arr1 = str1.split(""); String[] arr2 = str2.split(""); //lcsMatrix[i][j] = LCS of first i elements of arr1 and first j characters of arr2 int[][] lcsMatrix = new int[arr1.length + 1][arr2.length + 1]; for(int i = 0; i < arr1.length + 1; i++) lcsMatrix[i][0] = 0; for(int j = 1; j < arr2.length + 1; j++) lcsMatrix[0][j] = 0; for(int i = 1; i < arr1.length + 1; i++) { for(int j = 1; j < arr2.length + 1; j++) { if(arr1[i-1].equals(arr2[j-1])) { lcsMatrix[i][j] = lcsMatrix[i-1][j-1] + 1; } else { lcsMatrix[i][j] = lcsMatrix[i-1][j] > lcsMatrix[i][j-1] ? lcsMatrix[i-1][j] : lcsMatrix[i][j-1]; } } } return lcsString(str1, str2, lcsMatrix); } public static String lcsString (String str1, String str2, int[][] lcsMatrix) { StringBuilder lcs = new StringBuilder(); int i = str1.length(), j = str2.length(); while(i > 0 && j > 0) { if(str1.charAt(i-1) == str2.charAt(j-1)) { lcs.append(str1.charAt(i-1)); i--; j--; } else if(lcsMatrix[i-1][j] > lcsMatrix[i][j-1]) { i--; } else { j--; } } return lcs.reverse().toString(); } public static void main(String[] args) { String str1 = "DSGSHSRGSRHTRD"; String str2 = "DATRGAGTSHS"; String lcs = getLCS(str1, str2); //Print LCS if(lcs != null) { System.out.println("String 1: " + str1); System.out.println("String 2: " + str2); System.out.println("LCS: " + lcs); System.out.println("LCS length: " + lcs.length()); } } }