RosettaCodeData/Task/Longest-common-subsequence/JavaScript/longest-common-subsequence-...

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JavaScript

function lcs(x,y){
var s,i,j,m,n,
lcs=[],row=[],c=[],
left,diag,latch;
//make sure shorter string is the column string
if(m<n){s=x;x=y;y=s;}
m = x.length;
n = y.length;
//build the c-table
for(j=0;j<n;row[j++]=0);
for(i=0;i<m;i++){
c[i] = row = row.slice();
for(diag=0,j=0;j<n;j++,diag=latch){
latch=row[j];
if(x[i] == y[j]){row[j] = diag+1;}
else{
left = row[j-1]||0;
if(left>row[j]){row[j] = left;}
}
}
}
i--,j--;
//row[j] now contains the length of the lcs
//recover the lcs from the table
while(i>-1&&j>-1){
switch(c[i][j]){
default: j--;
lcs.unshift(x[i]);
case (i&&c[i-1][j]): i--;
continue;
case (j&&c[i][j-1]): j--;
}
}
return lcs.join('');
}