2825. Make String a Subsequence Using Cyclic Increments

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class Solution:
    def canMakeSubsequence(self, str1: str, str2: str) -> bool:
        
        # this should be more naive
        # m = len(str1)
        # n = len(str2)
        
        # j = 0
        # for i in range(m):
        #     o1 = ord(str1[i])
        #     o2 = ord(str2[j])
        #     if o1 == o2 or o2 - o1 == 1 or o1 - o2 == 25:
        #         j += 1
        #         if j == n:
        #             return True
        # return False
            
        m = len(str1)
        n = len(str2)
        
        j = 0
        for i in range(m):
            diff = (ord(str1[i]) + 1 - ord('a')) % 26 - (ord(str2[j]) -ord('a')) % 26
            if str1[i] == str2[j] or diff == 0:
                j += 1
                if j == n:
                    return True
        return False