//The two sequences to compare var sequence1 = "GAATTCAGTTA" var sequence2 = "GGATCGA" //Creates multi-dimensional array dependent on sequence lengths var arr = new Array(sequence2.length+1) for(i=0;iarr[col][j]){ arr[col][j]=arr[col][j-1] } if(arr[col-1][j]>arr[col][j]){ arr[col][j]=arr[col-1][j]; } var match = 0; if(sequence2[col-1]==sequence1[j-1]){ match = 1; } if((arr[col-1][j-1]+match)>arr[col][j]){ arr[col][j]=(arr[col-1][j-1])+match; } } } console.table(arr);