diff --git a/0072_edit_distance/edit_distance.c b/0072_edit_distance/edit_distance.c
index b035609..92f96a8 100644
--- a/0072_edit_distance/edit_distance.c
+++ b/0072_edit_distance/edit_distance.c
@@ -31,23 +31,25 @@ static inline int min(int a, int b)
 static int minDistance(char* word1, char* word2)
 {
     int i, j;
-    int len1 = strlen(word1);
-    int len2 = strlen(word2);
-    int *table = malloc((len1 + 1) * (len2 + 1) * sizeof(int));
-    int **dp = malloc((len1 + 1) * sizeof(int *));
-    for (i = 0; i < len1 + 1; i++) {
-        dp[i] = table + i * (len2 + 1);
+    int l1 = strlen(word1);
+    int l2 = strlen(word2);
+    int *table = malloc((l1 + 1) * (l2 + 1) * sizeof(int));
+    int **dp = malloc((l1 + 1) * sizeof(int *));
+
+    for (i = 0; i < l1 + 1; i++) {
+        dp[i] = table + i * (l2 + 1);
     }
 
-    for (i = 0; i < len2 + 1; i++) {
+    dp[0][0] = 0;
+    for (i = 1; i <= l2; i++) {
         dp[0][i] = i;
     }
-    for (i = 0; i < len1 + 1; i++) {
+    for (i = 1; i <= l1; i++) {
         dp[i][0] = i;
     }
 
-    for (i = 1; i < len1 + 1; i++) {
-        for (j = 1; j < len2 + 1; j++) {
+    for (i = 1; i <= l1; i++) {
+        for (j = 1; j <= l2; j++) {
             if (word1[i - 1] == word2[j - 1]) {
                 dp[i][j] = dp[i - 1][j - 1];
             } else {
@@ -55,7 +57,8 @@ static int minDistance(char* word1, char* word2)
             }
         }
     }
-    return dp[len1][len2];
+
+    return dp[l1][l2];
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
diff --git a/0072_edit_distance/edit_distance.cc b/0072_edit_distance/edit_distance.cc
index deec40e..be8543a 100644
--- a/0072_edit_distance/edit_distance.cc
+++ b/0072_edit_distance/edit_distance.cc
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class Solution {
                  left_up = up;
             }
         }
+
         return dp[l2];
     }
 };
diff --git a/0300_longest_increasing_subsequence/lis.c b/0300_longest_increasing_subsequence/lis.c
index b9a05cd..2713e88 100644
--- a/0300_longest_increasing_subsequence/lis.c
+++ b/0300_longest_increasing_subsequence/lis.c
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
 
+static int max(int a, int b)
+{
+    return a > b ? a : b;
+}
+
 static int binary_search(int *nums, int lo, int hi, int target)
 {
     while (lo + 1 < hi) {
@@ -15,7 +20,9 @@ static int binary_search(int *nums, int lo, int hi, int target)
     return hi;
 }
 
-int lengthOfLIS(int* nums, int numsSize){
+int lengthOfLIS(int* nums, int numsSize)
+{
+#if 0
     int i, piles = 0;
     int *tops = malloc(numsSize * sizeof(int));
     for (i = 0; i < numsSize; i++) {
@@ -26,6 +33,27 @@ int lengthOfLIS(int* nums, int numsSize){
         tops[pos] = nums[i];
     }
     return piles;
+#else
+    int i, j, res = 0;
+    int *dp = malloc(numsSize * sizeof(int));
+
+    /* dp array records subsequence length of nums[0...i], so we need to
+     * initialize each dp[i] with one element length in the beginning. */
+    for (i = 0; i < numsSize; i++) {
+        dp[i] = 1;
+        for (j = 0; j < i; j++) {
+            if (nums[j] > nums[i]) {
+                dp[i] = max(dp[i], dp[j] + 1);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < numsSize; i++) {
+        res = max(res, dp[i]);
+    }
+
+    return res;
+#endif
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
diff --git a/0322_coin_change/coin_change.c b/0322_coin_change/coin_change.c
index 10c8244..9eb270c 100644
--- a/0322_coin_change/coin_change.c
+++ b/0322_coin_change/coin_change.c
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ int coinChange(int* coins, int coinsSize, int amount)
 {
     int i, j;
     int *dp = malloc((amount + 1) * sizeof(int));
-    for (i = 1; i <= amount; i++) {
-        /* INT_MAX */
-        dp[i] = amount + 1;
-    }
 
+    /* The dp array records minimum coin number corresponding to the
+     * amount of coins. So we need to initialize each dp[i] with
+     * amount + 1 as an invalid value */
     dp[0] = 0;
     for (i = 1; i <= amount; i++) {
+        /* initialized with INT_MAX */
+        dp[i] = amount + 1;
         for (j = 0; j < coinsSize; j++) {
             if (i - coins[j] >= 0) {
                 int tmp = 1 + dp[i - coins[j]];