feat(work): add Minimum Path Sum & Longest Common Subsequence solutions; refactor Unique Paths DP implementation

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title: '1143. Longest Common Subsequence'
description: Given two strings text1 and text2, return the length of their longest common subsequence. If there is no common subsequence, return 0
icon: dot
topics:
- { name: "String", slug: "string" }
- { name: "Dynamic Programming", slug: "dynamic-programming" }
- { name: "Longest Common Subsequence", slug: "longest-common-subsequence" }
sidebar:
label: 'Longest Common Subsequence'
badge: 'Medium'
---
### Example 1:
- Input: `text1 = "abcde", text2 = "ace"`
- Output: `3`
- Explanation: The longest common subsequence is "ace" and its length is `3`.
### Example 2:
- Input: `text1 = "abc", text2 = "abc"`
- Output: `3`
- Explanation: The longest common subsequence is "abc" and its length is `3`.
### Example 3:
- Input: `text1 = "abc", text2 = "def"`
- Output: `0`
- Explanation: There is no such common subsequence, so the result is `0`.
### Constraints:
- `1 <= text1.length, text2.length <= 1000`
- `text1` and `text2` consist of only lowercase English characters.
## Solution
```py
class Solution:
def longestCommonSubsequence(self, text1: str, text2: str) -> int:
dp = [[0 for j in range(len(text2) + 1)] for i in range(len(text1) + 1)]
for i in range(len(text1) - 1, -1, -1):
for j in range(len(text2) - 1, -1, -1):
if text1[i] == text2[j]:
dp[i][j] = 1 + dp[i + 1][j + 1]
else:
dp[i][j] = max(dp[i][j + 1], dp[i + 1][j])
return dp[0][0]
```
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```py
class Solution:
def uniquePaths(self, m: int, n: int) -> int:
row = [1] * n
dp = [[0 for _ in range(n)] for _ in range(m)]
for i in range(m - 1):
newRow = [1] * n
for j in range(n - 2, -1, -1):
newRow[j] = newRow[j + 1] + row[j]
row = newRow
return row[0]
for c in range(n):
dp[0][c] = 1
for r in range(m):
dp[r][0] = 1
for r in range(1, m):
for c in range(1, n):
dp[r][c] = dp[r - 1][c] + dp[r][c - 1]
return dp[-1][-1]
```
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title: '64. Minimum Path Sum'
description: Given a m x n grid filled with non-negative numbers, find a path from top left to bottom right, which minimizes the sum of all numbers along its path
icon: dot
topics:
- { name: "Array", slug: "array" }
- { name: "Dynamic Programming", slug: "dynamic-programming" }
- { name: "Matrix", slug: "matrix" }
sidebar:
label: 'Minimum Path Sum'
badge: 'Medium'
---
### Example 1:
- Input: `grid = [[1,3,1],[1,5,1],[4,2,1]]`
- Output: `7`
- Explanation: Because the path `1` &rarr; `3` &rarr; `1` &rarr; `1` &rarr; `1` minimizes the sum.
### Example 2:
- Input: `grid = [[1,2,3],[4,5,6]]`
- Output: `12`
### Constraints:
- `m == grid.length`
- `n == grid[i].length`
- `1 <= m, n <= 200`
- `0 <= grid[i][j] <= 200`
## Solution
```py
class Solution:
def minPathSum(self, grid: list[list[int]]) -> int:
if not grid or not grid[0]:
return 0
m = len(grid)
n = len(grid[0])
dp = [[0 for _ in range(n)] for _ in range(m)]
for c in range(n):
dp[0][c] = dp[0][c - 1] + grid[0][c] if c else grid[0][c]
for r in range(m):
dp[r][0] = dp[r - 1][0] + grid[r][0] if r else grid[r][0]
for r in range(1, m):
for c in range(1, n):
dp[r][c] = min(dp[r - 1][c], dp[r][c - 1]) + grid[r][c]
return dp[-1][-1]
```