Problem: 2050E - Three Strings
Language: java

Solution 1 (runtime: 280 ms):
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;

public class E {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(System.out);

        int tc = Integer.parseInt(br.readLine());

        while (tc-- > 0) {
            String s1 = br.readLine();
            String s2 = br.readLine();
            String s3 = br.readLine();

            int[][] dp = new int[s2.length()+1][s1.length()+1];

            for (int c = 1; c < dp[0].length; c++) {
                dp[0][c] = dp[0][c-1];                
                if (s3.charAt(c-1) != s1.charAt(c-1)) {
                    dp[0][c]++;
                }
            }

            for (int r = 1; r < dp.length; r++) {
                dp[r][0] = dp[r-1][0];
                if (s3.charAt(r-1) != s2.charAt(r-1)) {
                    dp[r][0]++;
                }
            }

            for (int r = 1; r < dp.length; r++) { // r = s2 used
                for (int c = 1; c < dp[0].length; c++) { // c = s1 used
                    int s1add = s3.charAt(r+c-1) == s1.charAt(c-1) ? 0 : 1;
                    int s2add = s3.charAt(r+c-1) == s2.charAt(r-1) ? 0 : 1;

                    dp[r][c] = Math.min(dp[r-1][c] + s2add, dp[r][c-1] + s1add);
                }
            }
            
            pw.println(dp[s2.length()][s1.length()]);
        }

        pw.close();
    }
}


Solution 2 (runtime: 187 ms):
import java.util.*;

import java.io.*;

import java.math.*;

import static java.lang.Math.*;



public class Main {

    static Reader sc = new Reader();

    static PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);

    static Debug dbg = new Debug();

    static int mod = (int) (1000000007); //998244353 1000000007;

    static long hash_mod = 92233720368547753L;

    static ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> adj;

    static int subtree[];

    static long pref[];





    /***Code Starts From Here***/

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {

        READING(); /*→→→[■□□□□□□□□□] →→→ [■■■■□□□□□□] →→→  [■■■■■■■□□□] →→→ [■■■■■■■■■□]*/ ERROR();

        //preprocess();

        // int t = 1;

        int t = sc.nextInt();

        while (t-->0) sudo_su();

        sc.close();

        out.flush();

    }



    public static void sudo_su() throws IOException {

        String a = sc.next(), b = sc.next(), c = sc.next();

        int dp[][] = new int[a.length() + 1][b.length() + 1];

        for (int current[] : dp) Arrays.fill(current, -1);

        int res = solve(0, 0, a, b, c, dp);

        out.println(res);

    }

    static int solve(int i, int j, String a, String b, String c, int dp[][]) {

        if (i >= a.length() && j >= b.length()) return 0;

        if ( (i >= a.length() && j < b.length() ) || (j >= b.length() && i < a.length())) {

            if (i >= a.length()) {

                int add = 0;

                if (c.charAt(i + j) != b.charAt(j)) add++;

                return dp[i][j] = add + solve(i, j + 1, a, b, c, dp);

            }

            else if (j >= b.length()) {

                int add = 0;

                if (c.charAt(i + j) != a.charAt(i)) add++;

                return dp[i][j] = add + solve(i + 1, j, a, b, c, dp);

            }

        }

        if (dp[i][j] != -1) return dp[i][j];

        int op1 = Integer.MAX_VALUE / 10, op2 = Integer.MAX_VALUE / 10;

        int add = 0;

        if (c.charAt(i + j) != a.charAt(i)) add++;

        op1 = add + solve(i + 1, j, a, b, c, dp);



        add = 0;

        if (c.charAt(i + j) != b.charAt(j)) add++;

        op2 = add + solve(i, j + 1, a, b, c, dp);

        return dp[i][j] = min(op1, op2);

    }





    /**Code Ends Here (No Need To Scroll Down)**/

    static class Reader {

        final private int BUFFER_SIZE = 1 << 16;

        private DataInputStream din;

        BufferedReader reader;

        private byte[] buffer;

        private int bufferPointer, bytesRead;

        public Reader() {

            din = new DataInputStream(System.in);

            buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];

            bufferPointer = bytesRead = 0;

        }

        public Reader(String file_name) throws IOException {

            din = new DataInputStream(new FileInputStream(file_name));

            buffer = new byte[BUFFER_SIZE];

            bufferPointer = bytesRead = 0;

        }

        public String readLine() throws IOException {

            byte[] buf = new byte[64];

            int cnt = 0, c;

            while ((c = read()) != -1) {

                if (c == '\n') break;

                buf[cnt++] = (byte) c;

            }

            return new String(buf, 0, cnt);

        }

        public int nextInt() throws IOException {

            int ret = 0;

            byte c = read();

            while (c <= ' ') c = read();

            boolean neg = (c == '-');

            if (neg) c = read();

            do {ret = ret * 10 + c - '0';}

            while ((c = read()) >= '0' && c <= '9');

            if (neg) return -ret;

            return ret;

        }

        public long nextLong() throws IOException {

            long ret = 0;

            byte c = read();

            while (c <= ' ') c = read();

            boolean neg = (c == '-');

            if (neg) c = read();

            do {ret = ret * 10L + c - '0';}

            while ((c = read()) >= '0' && c <= '9');

            if (neg) return -ret;

            return ret;

        }

        public double nextDouble() throws IOException {

            double ret = 0, div = 1;

            byte c = read();

            while (c <= ' ') c = read();

            boolean neg = (c == '-');

            if (neg) c = read();

            do {ret = ret * 10 + c - '0';}

            while ((c = read()) >= '0' && c <= '9');

            if (c == '.') while ((c = read()) >= '0' && c <= '9') ret += (c - '0') / (div *= 10);

            if (neg) return -ret;

            return ret;

        }

        private void fillBuffer() throws IOException {

            bytesRead = din.read(buffer, bufferPointer = 0, BUFFER_SIZE);

            if (bytesRead == -1) buffer[0] = -1;

        }

        private byte read() throws IOException {

            if (bufferPointer == bytesRead) fillBuffer();

            return buffer[bufferPointer++];

        }

        public String next() throws IOException {

            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

            byte c;

            while ((c = read()) <= ' ') ;

            do {sb.append((char) c);}

            while ((c = read()) > ' ');

            return sb.toString();

        }

        public int nextInt2() throws IOException {

            int ret = 0;

            byte c = read();

            while (c <= ' ') c = read();

            boolean neg = (c == '-');

            if (neg) c = read();

            do {ret = ret * 10 + c - '0';}

            while ((c = read()) >= '0' && c <= '9');

            if (neg) return -ret;

            return ret;

        }

        public void close() throws IOException {

            if (din == null) return;

            din.close();

        }

    }



    static long fast_pow(long a, long p, long mod) {

        long res = 1;

        while (p > 0) {

            if (p % 2 == 0) {

                a = ((a % mod) * (a % mod)) % mod;

                p /= 2;

            }

            else {

                res = ((res % mod) * (a % mod)) % mod;

                p--;

            }

        }

        return res;

    }

    static long exp(long base, long exp) {

        if (exp == 0) return 1;

        long half = exp(base, exp / 2);

        if (exp % 2 == 0) return mul(half, half);

        return mul(half, mul(half, base));

    }



    //Factorials and Inverse Factorials;

    static long[] factorials = new long[2_000_001];

    static long[] invFactorials = new long[2_000_001];

    static boolean[] isPrime;

    static int[] smallestFactorOf;

    static void precompFacts() {

        factorials[0] = invFactorials[0] = 1;

        for (int i = 1; i < factorials.length; i++)

            factorials[i] = mul(factorials[i - 1], i);

        invFactorials[factorials.length - 1] = exp(factorials[factorials.length - 1], mod - 2);

        for (int i = invFactorials.length - 2; i >= 0; i--)

            invFactorials[i] = mul(invFactorials[i + 1], i + 1);

    }

    static long nCk(int n, int k) {

        //use precompFacts first;

        return mul(factorials[n], mul(invFactorials[k], invFactorials[n - k]));

    }



    //Prime Generator;

    static void Generate_Primes(int upto) {

        // Sieve of Eratosthenes:

        isPrime = new boolean[upto + 1];

        smallestFactorOf = new int[upto + 1];

        Arrays.fill(smallestFactorOf, 1);

        Arrays.fill(isPrime, true);

        isPrime[1] = isPrime[0] = false;

        for (long i = 2; i < upto + 1; i++) {

            if (isPrime[(int) i]) {

                smallestFactorOf[(int) i] = (int) i;

                // Mark all the muresiples greater than or equal

                // to the square of i to be false.

                for (long j = i; j * i < upto + 1; j++) {

                    if (isPrime[(int) j * (int) i]) {

                        isPrime[(int) j * (int) i] = false;

                        smallestFactorOf[(int) j * (int) i] = (int) i;

                    }

                }

            }

        }

    }



    static long Div(long x, long y) {return mul(x, modinv(y));}

    static long LCM(long a, long b) {return (a / GCD(a, b)) * b;}

    static long modinv(long x) {return fast_pow(x, mod - 2, mod);}

    static long add(long a, long b) {a += b; if (a >= mod) a-= mod; return a;}

    static long mod(long a, long b) {long r = a % b;return r < 0 ? r + b : r;}    

    static long GCD(long x, long y) {if(y == 0) return x;return GCD(y, x % y);}

    static long sub(long x, long y) {long z = x - y; if (z < 0)  z += mod;return z;}

    static long mul(long a, long b) {return (long) ((long) ((a % mod) * 1L * (b % mod)) % mod);}

    public static void READING(){if(System.getProperty("ONLINE_JUDGE") == null){try{sc = new Reader("input.txt");out = new PrintWriter("output.txt");}catch (Exception e){}}}

    public static void ERROR() {try {PrintStream fileOut = new PrintStream(new FileOutputStream("dbg.txt", false), true, "UTF-8");System.setErr(fileOut);} catch (FileNotFoundException | UnsupportedEncodingException e) {e.printStackTrace();}}



    public static void sort(int[] arr) {

        //because Arrays.sort() uses quicksort which is dumb

        //Collections.sort() uses merge sort

        ArrayList<Integer> ls = new ArrayList<>();

        for (Integer x : arr) ls.add(x);

        Collections.sort(ls);

        for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) arr[i] = ls.get(i);

    }



    public static void sort(long[] arr) {

        //because Arrays.sort() uses quicksort which is dumb

        //Collections.sort() uses merge sort

        ArrayList<Long> ls = new ArrayList<>();

        for (Long x : arr) ls.add(x);

        Collections.sort(ls);

        for (int i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) arr[i] = ls.get(i);

    }



    static class Unique_Pair {

        int first;

        int second;

        Unique_Pair(int first, int second) {

            this.first = first;

            this.second = second;

        }

        @Override

        public boolean equals(Object o) {

            if (this == o) return true;

            if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) return false;

            Unique_Pair current = (Unique_Pair) (o);

            return first == current.first && second == current.second;

        }

        @Override

        public int hashCode() {

            return Objects.hash(first, second);

        }

        @Override

        public String toString() {

            return "(" + first + " " + second + ")";

        }

    }

    

    @SuppressWarnings("serial")

    static class CountMap<T> extends TreeMap<T, Integer>{

        CountMap() {}

        CountMap(T[] arr) {this.putCM(arr);}

        public Integer putCM(T key) {

            if (super.containsKey(key)) return super.put(key, super.get(key) + 1);

            else return super.put(key, 1);

        }

        public Integer removeCM(T key) {

            Integer count = super.get(key);

            if (count == null) return -1;

            if (count == 1) return super.remove(key);

            else  return super.put(key, super.get(key) - 1);

        }

        public Integer getCM(T key) {

            Integer count = super.get(key);

            if (count == null) return 0;

            return count;

        }

        public void putCM(T[] arr) {

            for (T ele : arr) this.putCM(ele);

        }

    }



    static class DSU {

        int[] Parent, Group_Size;

        int Number_of_Nodes, Number_of_Groups, Max_Group;

        public DSU(int Number_of_Nodes) {

            this.Number_of_Nodes = Number_of_Nodes;

            Parent = new int[Number_of_Nodes + 1];

            Group_Size = new int[Number_of_Nodes + 1];

            Number_of_Groups = Number_of_Nodes;

            Max_Group = 1;

            for (int i = 1; i <= Number_of_Nodes; i++) {

                Parent[i] = i;

                Group_Size[i] = 1;

            }

        }

        public int Leader(int x) {

            return Parent[x] = (Parent[x] == x ? x : Leader(Parent[x]));

        }

        public boolean Is_same_Group(int x, int y) {

            return Leader(x) == Leader(y);

        }

        public void unite(int x, int y) {

            int leader1 = Leader(x);

            int leader2 = Leader(y);

            if (leader1 != leader2) {

                Number_of_Groups--;

                if (Group_Size[leader1] < Group_Size[leader2]) {

                    int temp = leader1;

                    leader1 = leader2;

                    leader2 = temp;

                }

                Parent[leader2] = leader1;

                Group_Size[leader1] += Group_Size[leader2];

                Max_Group = Math.max(Max_Group, Group_Size[leader1]);

            }

        }

        public int getSize(int x) {

            return Group_Size[Leader(x)];

        }

    }



    static class Hashing {

        long[] hash1, hash2;

        long[] inv1, inv2;

        int n;

        static int muresiplier = 43;

        static final Random rnd = new Random();

        static final int mod1 = BigInteger.valueOf((int) (1e9 + rnd.nextInt((int) 1e9))).nextProbablePrime().intValue();

        static final int mod2 = BigInteger.valueOf((int) (1e9 + rnd.nextInt((int) 1e9))).nextProbablePrime().intValue();

        static final int invMuresiplier1 = BigInteger.valueOf(muresiplier).modInverse(BigInteger.valueOf(mod1)).intValue();

        static final int invMuresiplier2 = BigInteger.valueOf(muresiplier).modInverse(BigInteger.valueOf(mod2)).intValue();

        public Hashing(String s) {

            n = s.length();

            hash1 = new long[n + 1]; hash2 = new long[n + 1];

            inv1 = new long[n + 1]; inv2 = new long[n + 1];

            inv1[0] = 1; inv2[0] = 1;

            long p1 = 1; long p2 = 1;

            for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {

                hash1[i + 1] = (hash1[i] + s.charAt(i) * p1) % mod1;

                p1 = p1 * muresiplier % mod1;

                inv1[i + 1] = inv1[i] * invMuresiplier1 % mod1;

                hash2[i + 1] = (hash2[i] + s.charAt(i) * p2) % mod2;

                p2 = p2 * muresiplier % mod2;

                inv2[i + 1] = inv2[i] * invMuresiplier2 % mod2;

            }

        }

        public long getHash(int i, int len) {

            return (((hash1[i + len] - hash1[i] + mod1) * inv1[i] % mod1) << 32) + (hash2[i + len] - hash2[i] + mod2) * inv2[i] % mod2;



        }

        public long getHashbounds(int x, int y) {

            return getHash(x, y - x + 1);

        }

    }



    static class Trie {

        class Node {

            Node[] children;

            boolean isEnd;

            Node() {

                children = new Node[26];

            }

        }

        Node root;

        Trie() {

            root = new Node();

        }

        public void insert(String word) {

            Node curr = root;

            for (char ch : word.toCharArray()) {

                if (curr.children[ch - 'a'] == null) curr.children[ch - 'a'] = new Node();

                curr = curr.children[ch - 'a'];

            }

            curr.isEnd = true;

        }

        public boolean find(String word) {

            Node curr = root;

            for (char ch : word.toCharArray()) {

                if (curr.children[ch - 'a'] == null)  return false;

                curr = curr.children[ch - 'a'];

            }

            return curr.isEnd;

        }

    }

    

    static class MultiSet<T> {

        TreeMap<T, Integer> frequency;

        TreeSet<T> set;

        int size;

        public MultiSet() {

            set = new TreeSet<>();

            frequency = new TreeMap<>();

            size = 0;

        }

        public MultiSet(Comparator<T> cmp) {

            set = new TreeSet<>(cmp);

            frequency = new TreeMap<>(cmp);

            size = 0;

        }

        public void add(T elem) {

            if (frequency.get(elem) == null || frequency.get(elem) == 0) {

                frequency.put(elem, 0);

                set.add(elem);

            }

            frequency.put(elem, frequency.get(elem) + 1);

            size++;

        }

        public void remove(T elem) {

            if (!set.contains(elem)) return;

            frequency.put(elem, frequency.get(elem) - 1);

            if (frequency.get(elem) == 0) {

                set.remove(elem);

                frequency.remove(elem);

            }

            size--;

        }

        public boolean contains(T elem) {

            return set.contains(elem);

        }

        @Override

        public String toString() {

            String current = "(";

            for (T ele : set) {

                int freq = frequency.get(ele);

                for (int i = 0; i < freq; i++) {

                    if (current.length() == 1) current += ele;

                    else current += "," + ele;

                }

            }

            current += ")";

            return current;

        }

        public int count(T element) {return frequency.getOrDefault(element, 0);}

        public int size() {int size = 0; for(int count : frequency.values()) size += count; return size;}

        public T ceiling(T element) {return frequency.ceilingKey(element);}

        public T floor(T element) {return frequency.floorKey(element);}

        public T higher(T element) {return frequency.higherKey(element);}

        public T lower(T element) { return frequency.lowerKey(element);}

        public T last() {

            return set.last();

        }

    }



    static class MultiTreeSet<E> { 

        TreeMap<E, Integer> freqTreeMap = new TreeMap<E, Integer>();

        int size;

        public MultiTreeSet() {}

        public MultiTreeSet(Collection<? extends E> c) {

            for (E element : c) add(element);

        }

        public int size() {return size;}

        public void add(E element) {

            Integer freq = freqTreeMap.get(element);

            if(freq==null) freqTreeMap.put(element, 1);

            else freqTreeMap.put(element,freq + 1);

            ++size;

        }

        public void remove(E element) {

            Integer freq = freqTreeMap.get(element);

            if(freq!=null) {

                if(freq == 1) freqTreeMap.remove(element);

                else freqTreeMap.put(element, freq-1);--size;

            }

        }

        public int get(E element) {

            Integer freq = freqTreeMap.get(element);

            if(freq == null) return 0;

            return freq;

        }

        public boolean contains(E element) {return get(element) > 0;}

        @Override 

        public String toString() {

            String current = "( ";

            for (E ele : freqTreeMap.keySet()) {

                int freq = freqTreeMap.get(ele);

                for (int i = 0; i < freq; i++) {

                    current += ele + " ";

                }

            }

            current += ")";

            return current;

        }

        public boolean isEmpty() {return size == 0;}

        public E first() {return freqTreeMap.firstKey();}

        public E last() {return freqTreeMap.lastKey();}

        public E ceiling(E element) {return freqTreeMap.ceilingKey(element);}

        public E floor(E element) {return freqTreeMap.floorKey(element);}

        public E higher(E element) {return freqTreeMap.higherKey(element);}

        public E lower(E element) {return freqTreeMap.lowerKey(element);}

    }

    

    static class Debug {

        public static boolean LOCAL = getLocal();

        public static boolean getLocal() {

            try {

                return System.getProperty("LOCAL") == null;

            }catch(SecurityException e) {

                return false;

            }

        }

        public static <T> String ts(T t) {

            if(t==null) {

                return "null";

            }

            if(t instanceof Iterable) {

                return ts((Iterable<?>) t);

            }else if(t instanceof int[]) {

                String s = Arrays.toString((int[]) t);

                return "{"+s.substring(1, s.length()-1)+"}";

            }else if(t instanceof long[]) {

                String s = Arrays.toString((long[]) t);

                return "{"+s.substring(1, s.length()-1)+"}";

            }else if(t instanceof char[]) {

                String s = Arrays.toString((char[]) t);

                return "{"+s.substring(1, s.length()-1)+"}";

            }else if(t instanceof double[]) {

                String s = Arrays.toString((double[]) t);

                return "{"+s.substring(1, s.length()-1)+"}";

            }else if(t instanceof boolean[]) {

                String s = Arrays.toString((boolean[]) t);

                return "{"+s.substring(1, s.length()-1)+"}";

            }else if(t instanceof Object[]) {

                return ts((Object[]) t);

            }

            return t.toString();

        }

        private static <T> String ts(T[] arr) {

            StringBuilder ret = new StringBuilder();

            ret.append("{");

            boolean first = true;

            for(T t: arr) {

                if(!first) ret.append(", ");

                first = false;

                ret.append(ts(t));

            }

            ret.append("}");

            return ret.toString();

        }

        private static <T> String ts(Iterable<T> iter) {

            StringBuilder ret = new StringBuilder();

            ret.append("{");

            boolean first = true;

            for(T t: iter) {

                if(!first) ret.append(", ");

                first = false;

                ret.append(ts(t));

            }

            ret.append("}");

            return ret.toString();

        }

        public static void print(Object... o) {

            if(LOCAL) {

                System.err.print("Line #"+Thread.currentThread().getStackTrace()[2].getLineNumber()+": [");

                for(int i = 0; i<o.length; i++) {

                    if(i!=0) System.err.print(", ");

                    System.err.print(ts(o[i]));

                }

                System.err.println("]");

            }

        }

    }

}