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Problem 95. Given two arrays, find the maximum overlap

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Given two (integer) arrays s1 and s2, create a new array s3 which is as short as possible and contains both arrays.
#1
s1 = [1 2 3 4 5]
s2 = [5 4 3 2]
s3 = [1 2 3 4 5 4 3 2]
There is guaranteed to be one best solution.
8/8/22 - New test case added (and solutions have been rescored)
#2
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s1 = [-1 -2 -3]
s2 = [-3 -1 -2]
s3 = [-3 -1 -2 -3]

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41.76% Correct | 58.24% Incorrect
Last Solution submitted on Mar 16, 2025

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