Solution.py

class Solution:
    def shortestCommonSupersequence(self, str1: str, str2: str) -> str:
        m, n = len(str1), len(str2)
        f = [[0] * (n + 1) for _ in range(m + 1)]
        for i in range(1, m + 1):
            for j in range(1, n + 1):
                if str1[i - 1] == str2[j - 1]:
                    f[i][j] = f[i - 1][j - 1] + 1
                else:
                    f[i][j] = max(f[i - 1][j], f[i][j - 1])
        ans = []
        i, j = m, n
        while i or j:
            if i == 0:
                j -= 1
                ans.append(str2[j])
            elif j == 0:
                i -= 1
                ans.append(str1[i])
            else:
                if f[i][j] == f[i - 1][j]:
                    i -= 1
                    ans.append(str1[i])
                elif f[i][j] == f[i][j - 1]:
                    j -= 1
                    ans.append(str2[j])
                else:
                    i, j = i - 1, j - 1
                    ans.append(str1[i])
        return ''.join(ans[::-1])