Problem I
Longest Common Subsequence
You are given $n$ strings, each a permutation of the first $k$ upper-case letters of the alphabet.
String $s$ is a subsequence of string $t$ if and only if it is possible to delete some (possibly zero) characters from the string $t$ to get the string $s$.
Compute the length of the longest common subsequence of all $n$ strings.
Input
The first line of input contains two integers $n$ ($1 \le n \le 10^5$) and $k$ ($1 \le k \le 26$), where $n$ is the number of strings, and the strings are all permutations of the first $k$ upper-case letters of the alphabet.
Each of the next $n$ lines contains a single string $t$. It is guaranteed that every $t$ contains each of the first $k$ upper-case letters of the alphabet exactly once.
Output
Output a single integer, the length of the longest subsequence that appears in all $n$ strings.
Sample Input 1 | Sample Output 1 |
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2 3 BAC ABC |
2 |
Sample Input 2 | Sample Output 2 |
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3 8 HGBDFCAE ADBGHFCE HCFGBDAE |
3 |
Sample Input 3 | Sample Output 3 |
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6 8 AHFBGDCE FABGCEHD AHDGFBCE DABHGCFE ABCHFEDG DGABHFCE |
4 |