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# 0960. Delete Columns to Make Sorted III

<https://leetcode.com/problems/delete-columns-to-make-sorted-iii>

## Description

You are given an array of `n` strings `strs`, all of the same length.

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

For example, if we have `strs = ["abcdef","uvwxyz"]` and deletion indices `{0, 2, 3}`, then the final array after deletions is `["bef", "vyz"]`.

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

**Example 1:**

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

**Example 2:**

```
**Input:** strs = ["edcba"]
**Output:** 4
**Explanation:** If we delete less than 4 columns, the only row will not be lexicographically sorted.
```

**Example 3:**

```
**Input:** strs = ["ghi","def","abc"]
**Output:** 0
**Explanation:** All rows are already lexicographically sorted.
```

**Constraints:**

* `n == strs.length`
* `1 <= n <= 100`
* `1 <= strs[i].length <= 100`
* `strs[i]` consists of lowercase English letters.
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