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392. Is Subsequence

Easy

Given two strings s and t, return true if s is a subsequence of t, or false otherwise.

A subsequence of a string is a new string that is formed from the original string by deleting some (can be none) of the characters without disturbing the relative positions of the remaining characters. (i.e., "ace" is a subsequence of "abcde" while "aec" is not).

class Solution:
    def isSubsequence(self, s: str, t: str) -> bool:
        if s == "":
            return True

        ss = list(s)
        i = 0
        for c in t:
            if i >= len(ss):
                break
            if c == ss[i]:
                i += 1

        return i == len(ss)