public class LCSMemoization{ int lcs(char x[], char y[] , int i, int j, int m[][]) { int N = x.length; int M = y.length; if(i==N || j==M) return 0; if(m[i][j] != -1) return m[i][j]; if(x[i] == y[j]) { m[i][j] = lcs(x,y,i+1,j+1,m)+1; } else m[i][j] = max(lcs(x,y,i+1,j,m), lcs(x,y,i,j+1,m)); return m[i][j]; } int max(int a,int b){ return (a>b)?a:b; } public static void main(String[] args){ LCSMemoization l = new LCSMemoization(); String s1 = "one"; String s2 = "longest"; int m[][] = new int[101][101]; char x[] = s1.toCharArray(); char y[] = s2.toCharArray(); //System.out.println(x.length); //System.out.println(y.length); int m1 = s1.length(); int n = s2.length(); for(int i=0; i<100;i++){ for(int j=0;j <100; j++){ m[i][j] = -1; } } int k = l.lcs(x,y,0,0,m); System.out.println(k); } }