<p>You are given an array of <code>n</code> strings <code>strs</code>, all of the same length.</p>

<p>We may choose any deletion indices, and we delete all the characters in those indices for each string.</p>

<p>For example, if we have <code>strs = [&quot;abcdef&quot;,&quot;uvwxyz&quot;]</code> and deletion indices <code>{0, 2, 3}</code>, then the final array after deletions is <code>[&quot;bef&quot;, &quot;vyz&quot;]</code>.</p>

<p>Suppose we chose a set of deletion indices <code>answer</code> such that after deletions, the final array has <strong>every string (row) in lexicographic</strong> order. (i.e., <code>(strs[0][0] &lt;= strs[0][1] &lt;= ... &lt;= strs[0][strs[0].length - 1])</code>, and <code>(strs[1][0] &lt;= strs[1][1] &lt;= ... &lt;= strs[1][strs[1].length - 1])</code>, and so on). Return <em>the minimum possible value of</em> <code>answer.length</code>.</p>

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

<pre>
<strong>Input:</strong> strs = [&quot;babca&quot;,&quot;bbazb&quot;]
<strong>Output:</strong> 3
<strong>Explanation:</strong> After deleting columns 0, 1, and 4, the final array is strs = [&quot;bc&quot;, &quot;az&quot;].
Both these rows are individually in lexicographic order (ie. strs[0][0] &lt;= strs[0][1] and strs[1][0] &lt;= strs[1][1]).
Note that strs[0] &gt; strs[1] - the array strs is not necessarily in lexicographic order.</pre>

<p><strong class="example">Example 2:</strong></p>

<pre>
<strong>Input:</strong> strs = [&quot;edcba&quot;]
<strong>Output:</strong> 4
<strong>Explanation:</strong> If we delete less than 4 columns, the only row will not be lexicographically sorted.
</pre>

<p><strong class="example">Example 3:</strong></p>

<pre>
<strong>Input:</strong> strs = [&quot;ghi&quot;,&quot;def&quot;,&quot;abc&quot;]
<strong>Output:</strong> 0
<strong>Explanation:</strong> All rows are already lexicographically sorted.
</pre>

<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p>

<ul>
	<li><code>n == strs.length</code></li>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= n &lt;= 100</code></li>
	<li><code>1 &lt;= strs[i].length &lt;= 100</code></li>
	<li><code>strs[i]</code> consists of lowercase English letters.</li>
</ul>

<ul>
	<li>&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

from typing import List

class Solution:
    def minDeletionSize(self, strs: List[str]) -> int:
        if not strs:
            return 0
        
        n = len(strs)
        m = len(strs[0])
        
        # dp[i] will store the length of the longest increasing subsequence ending at column i
        dp = [1] * m
        
        # Iterate over each column
        for j in range(m):
            # Compare with all previous columns
            for i in range(j):
                # Check if all rows are lexicographically ordered between column i and j
                if all(strs[row][i] <= strs[row][j] for row in range(n)):
                    dp[j] = max(dp[j], dp[i] + 1)
        
        # The minimum number of deletions is the total columns minus the length of the longest increasing subsequence
        return m - max(dp)

# Example usage:
# solution = Solution()
# print(solution.minDeletionSize(["babca","bbazb"]))  # Output: 3
# print(solution.minDeletionSize(["edcba"]))         # Output: 4
# print(solution.minDeletionSize(["ghi","def","abc"])) # Output: 0
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