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Distinct Subsequence Count

Given two strings `s` and `t`, return the number of distinct subsequences of `t` in `s`. A subsequence is formed by deleting some characters in `s` without changing the order of the remaining characters. The input format includes two lines, the first for string s and the second for string t. Output a single integer representing the number of distinct subsequences. Example: Input: rabbbit rabbit Output: 3

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