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Given a string S, the task is to find the length of the longest increasing subsequence present in the given string.

A sequence of characters placed in increasing order of their ASCII values is called an increasing sequence.

Examples:

Input: S = “abcfgffs”
Output: 6
Explanation: Subsequence “abcfgs” is the longest increasing subsequence present in the string. Therefore, the length of the longest increasing subsequence is 6.

Input: S = “aaabac”
Output: 3

Approach: The idea is to use Dynamic Programming. Follow the steps given below to solve the problem:

  • Initialize an array, say dp[] of size 26, to store at every ith index, the length of the longest increasing subsequence having (‘a’ + i)th character as the last character in the subsequence.
  • Initialize variable, say lis, to store the length of the required subsequence.
  • Iterate over each character of the string S.
    • For every character encountered, i.e. S[i] – ‘a’, check for all characters, say j, with ASCII values smaller than that of the current character.
    • Initialize a variable, say curr, to store the length of LIS ending with current character.
    • Update curr with max(curr, dp[j]).
    • Update length of the LIS, say lis, with max(lis, curr + 1).
    • Update dp[S[i] – ‘a’] with max of d[S[i] – ‘a’] and curr.
  • Finally, print the value of lis as the required length of LIS.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++




// C++ program for the above approach
 
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to find length of longest
// increasing subsequence in a string
int lisOtimised(string s)
{
    // Stores at every i-th index, the
    // length of the longest increasing
    // subsequence ending with character i
    int dp[30] = { 0 };
 
    // Size of string
    int N = s.size();
 
    // Stores the length of LIS
    int lis = INT_MIN;
 
    // Iterate over each
    // character of the string
    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
 
        // Store position of the
        // current character
        int val = s[i] - 'a';
 
        // Stores the length of LIS
        // ending with current character
        int curr = 0;
 
        // Check for all characters
        // less than current character
        for (int j = 0; j < val; j++) {
            curr = max(curr, dp[j]);
        }
 
        // Include current character
        curr++;
 
        // Update length of longest
        // increasing subsequence
        lis = max(lis, curr);
 
        // Updating LIS for current character
        dp[val] = max(dp[val], curr);
    }
 
    // Return the length of LIS
    return lis;
}
 
// Driver Code
int main()
{
    string s = "fdryutiaghfse";
    cout << lisOtimised(s);
 
    return 0;
}


Java




// Java program for the above approach
import java.util.*;
 
class GFG{
     
static int mn = -2147483648;
   
// Function to find length of longest
// increasing subsequence in a string
static int lisOtimised(String s)
{
     
    // Stores at every i-th index, the
    // length of the longest increasing
    // subsequence ending with character i
    int []dp = new int[30];
    Arrays.fill(dp, 0);
 
    // Size of string
    int N = s.length();
 
    // Stores the length of LIS
    int lis = mn;
 
    // Iterate over each
    // character of the string
    for(int i = 0; i < N; i++)
    {
         
        // Store position of the
        // current character
        int val =  (int)s.charAt(i) - 97;
 
        // Stores the length of LIS
        // ending with current character
        int curr = 0;
 
        // Check for all characters
        // less than current character
        for(int j = 0; j < val; j++)
        {
            curr = Math.max(curr, dp[j]);
        }
 
        // Include current character
        curr++;
 
        // Update length of longest
        // increasing subsequence
        lis = Math.max(lis, curr);
 
        // Updating LIS for current character
        dp[val] = Math.max(dp[val], curr);
    }
 
    // Return the length of LIS
    return lis;
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void main(String[] args)
{
    String s = "fdryutiaghfse";
     
    System.out.print(lisOtimised(s));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by sanjoy_62


Python3




# Python3 program for the above approach
 
# Function to find length of longest
# increasing subsequence in a string
def lisOtimised(s):
   
    # Stores at every i-th index, the
    # length of the longest increasing
    # subsequence ending with character i
    dp = [0]*30
 
    # Size of string
    N = len(s)
 
    # Stores the length of LIS
    lis = -10**9
 
    # Iterate over each
    # character of the string
    for i in range(N):
 
        # Store position of the
        # current character
        val = ord(s[i]) - ord('a')
 
        # Stores the length of LIS
        # ending with current character
        curr = 0
 
        # Check for all characters
        # less than current character
        for j in range(val):
            curr = max(curr, dp[j])
 
        # Include current character
        curr += 1
 
        # Update length of longest
        # increasing subsequence
        lis = max(lis, curr)
 
        # Updating LIS for current character
        dp[val] = max(dp[val], curr)
 
    # Return the length of LIS
    return lis
 
# Driver Code
if __name__ == '__main__':
    s = "fdryutiaghfse"
    print (lisOtimised(s))
 
# This code is contributed by mohit kumar 29.


C#




// C# program for the above approach
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
class GFG
{
 static int mn = -2147483648;
   
 // Function to find length of longest
// increasing subsequence in a string
static int lisOtimised(string s)
{
   
    // Stores at every i-th index, the
    // length of the longest increasing
    // subsequence ending with character i
    int []dp = new int[30];
    Array.Clear(dp, 0, 30);
 
    // Size of string
    int N = s.Length;
 
    // Stores the length of LIS
    int lis = mn;
 
    // Iterate over each
    // character of the string
    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
 
        // Store position of the
        // current character
        int val =  (int)s[i] - 97;
 
        // Stores the length of LIS
        // ending with current character
        int curr = 0;
 
        // Check for all characters
        // less than current character
        for (int j = 0; j < val; j++) {
            curr = Math.Max(curr, dp[j]);
        }
 
        // Include current character
        curr++;
 
        // Update length of longest
        // increasing subsequence
        lis = Math.Max(lis, curr);
 
        // Updating LIS for current character
        dp[val] = Math.Max(dp[val], curr);
    }
 
    // Return the length of LIS
    return lis;
}
 
// Driver Code
public static void Main()
{
    string s = "fdryutiaghfse";
    Console.Write(lisOtimised(s));
}
}
 
// This code is contributed by SURENDRA_GAANGWAR.


Javascript




<script>
 
// JavaScript program for the above approach
 
 
// Function to find length of longest
// increasing subsequence in a string
function lisOtimised( s)
{
    // Stores at every i-th index, the
    // length of the longest increasing
    // subsequence ending with character i
    let dp = new Array(30).fill(0);
 
    // Size of string
    let N = s.length;
     
    // Stores the length of LIS
    let lis = Number.MIN_VALUE;
 
    // Iterate over each
    // character of the string
    for (let i = 0; i < N; i++) {
 
        // Store position of the
        // current character
        let val = s.charCodeAt(i) - 'a'.charCodeAt(0);
 
        // Stores the length of LIS
        // ending with current character
        let curr = 0;
 
        // Check for all characters
        // less than current character
        for (let j = 0; j < val; j++) {
            curr = Math.max(curr, dp[j]);
        }
 
        // Include current character
        curr++;
 
        // Update length of longest
        // increasing subsequence
        lis = Math.max(lis, curr);
 
        // Updating LIS for current character
        dp[val] = Math.max(dp[val], curr);
    }
 
    // Return the length of LIS
    return lis;
}
 
 
// Driver Code
 
 let s = "fdryutiaghfse";
 document.write(lisOtimised(s));
 
</script>


Output: 

4

 

Time Complexity: O(N)
Auxiliary Space: O(1)

 



Last Updated : 18 Jan, 2023
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