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interleaving-string


Given strings s1, s2, and s3, find whether s3 is formed by an interleaving of s1 and s2.



An interleaving of two strings s and t is a configuration where s and t are divided into n and m substrings respectively, such that:




  • s = s1 + s2 + ... + sn

  • t = t1 + t2 + ... + tm

  • |n - m| <= 1

  • The interleaving is s1 + t1 + s2 + t2 + s3 + t3 + ... or t1 + s1 + t2 + s2 + t3 + s3 + ...



Note: a + b is the concatenation of strings a and b.



 


Example 1:



Input: s1 = "aabcc", s2 = "dbbca", s3 = "aadbbcbcac"
Output: true
Explanation: One way to obtain s3 is:
Split s1 into s1 = "aa" + "bc" + "c", and s2 into s2 = "dbbc" + "a".
Interleaving the two splits, we get "aa" + "dbbc" + "bc" + "a" + "c" = "aadbbcbcac".
Since s3 can be obtained by interleaving s1 and s2, we return true.


Example 2:



Input: s1 = "aabcc", s2 = "dbbca", s3 = "aadbbbaccc"
Output: false
Explanation: Notice how it is impossible to interleave s2 with any other string to obtain s3.


Example 3:



Input: s1 = "", s2 = "", s3 = ""
Output: true


 


Constraints:




  • 0 <= s1.length, s2.length <= 100

  • 0 <= s3.length <= 200

  • s1, s2, and s3 consist of lowercase English letters.



 


Follow up: Could you solve it using only O(s2.length) additional memory space?


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