Problem: 2050E - Three Strings
Language: C++23 (GCC 14-64, msys2)

Previous submission (verdict: Time limit exceeded on test 16):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



#define fastio() ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);cin.tie(NULL);cout.tie(NULL)
#define MOD 1000000007
#define MOD1 998244353
#define INF 1e18
#define nline "\n"
#define pb push_back
#define ppb pop_back
#define mp make_pair
#define ff first
#define ss second
#define PI 3.141592653589793238462
#define set_bits __builtin_popcountll
#define sz(x) ((int)(x).size())
#define all(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()

typedef long long ll;
typedef unsigned long long ull;
typedef long double lld;
// typedef tree<pair<int, int>, null_type, less<pair<int, int>>, rb_tree_tag, tree_order_statistics_node_update > pbds; // find_by_order, order_of_key

#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE
#define debug(x) cerr << #x <<" "; _print(x); cerr << '\n';
#else
#define debug(x)
#endif

void _print(ll t) {cerr << t;}
void _print(int t) {cerr << t;}
void _print(string t) {cerr << t;}
void _print(char t) {cerr << t;}
void _print(lld t) {cerr << t;}
void _print(double t) {cerr << t;}
void _print(ull t) {cerr << t;}

template <class T, class V> void _print(pair <T, V> p);
template <class T> void _print(vector <T> v);
template <class T> void _print(set <T> v);
template <class T, class V> void _print(map <T, V> v);
template <class T> void _print(multiset <T> v);
template <class T, class V> void _print(unordered_map <T, V> v);
template <class T> void _print(unordered_set <T> v);
template <class T, class V> void _print(pair <T, V> p) {cerr << "{"; _print(p.ff); cerr << ","; _print(p.ss); cerr << "}";}
template <class T> void _print(vector <T> v) {cerr << "[ "; for (T i : v) {_print(i); cerr << " ";} cerr << "]";}
template <class T> void _print(set <T> v) {cerr << "[ "; for (T i : v) {_print(i); cerr << " ";} cerr << "]";}
template <class T> void _print(multiset <T> v) {cerr << "[ "; for (T i : v) {_print(i); cerr << " ";} cerr << "]";}
template <class T, class V> void _print(map <T, V> v) {cerr << "[ "; for (auto i : v) {_print(i); cerr << " ";} cerr << "]";}
template <class T, class V> void _print(unordered_map <T, V> v) {cerr << "[ "; for (auto i : v) {_print(i); cerr << " ";} cerr << "]";}
template <class T> void _print(unordered_set <T> v){cerr << "[ "; for (T i : v) {_print(i); cerr << " ";} cerr << "]";}

const int N = 1e3+5;
int dp[N][N];

int main() {
    fastio();
#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE
    freopen("Error.txt", "w", stderr);
#endif
    //Write the code below:
    int t;
    cin>>t;
    while(t--){
        string a,b,c;
        cin>>a>>b>>c;
        // i_ and j_ are 1-based indices
        for(int i_=1;i_<=c.size();i_++){
            for(int j_=0;j_<=min(i_,(int)a.size());j_++){
                int i=i_-1 ,j=j_-1;
                if(i-j-1>=0){
                    dp[i_][j_]=dp[i_-1][j_] +((c[i]==b[i-j-1]) ? 0:1);
                }
                if(j>=0){
                    if(i-j-1>=0){
                         dp[i_][j_]=min(dp[i_][j_],dp[i_-1][j_-1]+((c[i]==a[j])? 0:1)) ;
                    }
                    else dp[i_][j_]=dp[i_-1][j_-1]+((c[i]==a[j])? 0:1);
                }
            }
        }
        cout<<dp[c.size()][a.size()]<<endl;
    }
}

Submission (verdict: Accepted):
#include<bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;



#define fastio() ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);cin.tie(NULL);cout.tie(NULL)
#define MOD 1000000007
#define MOD1 998244353
#define INF 1e18
#define nline "\n"
#define pb push_back
#define ppb pop_back
#define mp make_pair
#define ff first
#define ss second
#define PI 3.141592653589793238462
#define set_bits __builtin_popcountll
#define sz(x) ((int)(x).size())
#define all(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()

typedef long long ll;
typedef unsigned long long ull;
typedef long double lld;
// typedef tree<pair<int, int>, null_type, less<pair<int, int>>, rb_tree_tag, tree_order_statistics_node_update > pbds; // find_by_order, order_of_key

#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE
#define debug(x) cerr << #x <<" "; _print(x); cerr << '\n';
#else
#define debug(x)
#endif

void _print(ll t) {cerr << t;}
void _print(int t) {cerr << t;}
void _print(string t) {cerr << t;}
void _print(char t) {cerr << t;}
void _print(lld t) {cerr << t;}
void _print(double t) {cerr << t;}
void _print(ull t) {cerr << t;}

template <class T, class V> void _print(pair <T, V> p);
template <class T> void _print(vector <T> v);
template <class T> void _print(set <T> v);
template <class T, class V> void _print(map <T, V> v);
template <class T> void _print(multiset <T> v);
template <class T, class V> void _print(unordered_map <T, V> v);
template <class T> void _print(unordered_set <T> v);
template <class T, class V> void _print(pair <T, V> p) {cerr << "{"; _print(p.ff); cerr << ","; _print(p.ss); cerr << "}";}
template <class T> void _print(vector <T> v) {cerr << "[ "; for (T i : v) {_print(i); cerr << " ";} cerr << "]";}
template <class T> void _print(set <T> v) {cerr << "[ "; for (T i : v) {_print(i); cerr << " ";} cerr << "]";}
template <class T> void _print(multiset <T> v) {cerr << "[ "; for (T i : v) {_print(i); cerr << " ";} cerr << "]";}
template <class T, class V> void _print(map <T, V> v) {cerr << "[ "; for (auto i : v) {_print(i); cerr << " ";} cerr << "]";}
template <class T, class V> void _print(unordered_map <T, V> v) {cerr << "[ "; for (auto i : v) {_print(i); cerr << " ";} cerr << "]";}
template <class T> void _print(unordered_set <T> v){cerr << "[ "; for (T i : v) {_print(i); cerr << " ";} cerr << "]";}

int dp[2010][1005];

int main() {
    fastio();
#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE
    freopen("Error.txt", "w", stderr);
#endif
    //Write the code below:
    int t;
    cin>>t;
    while(t--){
        string a,b,c;
        cin>>a>>b>>c;
        // i_ and j_ are 1-based indices
        for(int i_=1;i_<=c.size();i_++){
            for(int j_=0;j_<=min(i_,(int)a.size());j_++){
                int i=i_-1 ,j=j_-1;
                if(i-j-1>=0){
                    dp[i_][j_]=dp[i_-1][j_] +((c[i]==b[i-j-1]) ? 0:1);
                }
                if(j>=0){
                    if(i-j-1>=0){
                         dp[i_][j_]=min(dp[i_][j_],dp[i_-1][j_-1]+((c[i]==a[j])? 0:1)) ;
                    }
                    else dp[i_][j_]=dp[i_-1][j_-1]+((c[i]==a[j])? 0:1);
                }
            }
        }
        cout<<dp[c.size()][a.size()]<<endl;
    }
}