<p>Given two strings <code>str1</code> and <code>str2</code>, return <em>the shortest string that has both </em><code>str1</code><em> and </em><code>str2</code><em> as <strong>subsequences</strong></em>. If there are multiple valid strings, return <strong>any</strong> of them.</p>

<p>A string <code>s</code> is a <strong>subsequence</strong> of string <code>t</code> if deleting some number of characters from <code>t</code> (possibly <code>0</code>) results in the string <code>s</code>.</p>

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<p><strong class="example">Example 1:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> str1 = &quot;abac&quot;, str2 = &quot;cab&quot;
<strong>Output:</strong> &quot;cabac&quot;
<strong>Explanation:</strong> 
str1 = &quot;abac&quot; is a subsequence of &quot;cabac&quot; because we can delete the first &quot;c&quot;.
str2 = &quot;cab&quot; is a subsequence of &quot;cabac&quot; because we can delete the last &quot;ac&quot;.
The answer provided is the shortest such string that satisfies these properties.
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<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>

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<strong>Input:</strong> str1 = &quot;aaaaaaaa&quot;, str2 = &quot;aaaaaaaa&quot;
<strong>Output:</strong> &quot;aaaaaaaa&quot;
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<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= str1.length, str2.length &lt;= 1000</code></li>
	<li><code>str1</code> and <code>str2</code> consist of lowercase English letters.</li>
</ul>

class Solution:
    def shortestCommonSupersequence(self, str1: str, str2: str) -> str:
        m = len(str1)
        n = len(str2)
        dp = [[0] * (n + 1) for _ in range(m + 1)]
        
        # Fill the dp table
        for i in range(1, m + 1):
            for j in range(1, n + 1):
                if str1[i - 1] == str2[j - 1]:
                    dp[i][j] = 1 + dp[i - 1][j - 1]
                else:
                    dp[i][j] = max(dp[i - 1][j], dp[i][j - 1])
        
        x, y = m, n
        words = ""
        
        # Backtrack to construct the shortest common supersequence
        while x > 0 and y > 0:
            if str1[x - 1] == str2[y - 1]:
                words += str1[x - 1]
                x -= 1
                y -= 1
            elif dp[x - 1][y] > dp[x][y - 1]:
                words += str1[x - 1]
                x -= 1
            else:
                words += str2[y - 1]
                y -= 1
        
        # Append remaining characters of str1
        while x > 0:
            words += str1[x - 1]
            x -= 1
        
        # Append remaining characters of str2
        while y > 0:
            words += str2[y - 1]
            y -= 1
        
        # The `words` string is constructed in reverse order, so reverse it before returning
        return words[::-1]
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