72. Edit Distance

problem

solution

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class Solution {
public:
int minDistance(string word1, string word2) {
// r o s
// 0 1 2 3
//h 1 1 2 3
//o 2 2 1 2
//r 3 2 2 2
//s 4 3 3 2
//e 5 4 4 3


// word1[i]!=word[j] dp[i][j] = min(dp[i-1][j], dp[i][j-1], dp[i-1][j-1]) +1;

int n = word1.size(), m = word2.size();
vector<vector<int>> dp(n+1, vector<int>(m+1,0));
for(int i=0;i<n+1;++i) dp[i][0] = i;
for(int j=0;j<m+1;++j) dp[0][j] = j;
for(int i=1;i<n+1;i++){
for(int j = 1;j<m+1;j++){
if(word1[i-1] !=word2[j-1]) dp[i][j] = \
min(
min(
dp[i-1][j],dp[i][j-1] // insert or delete
) ,
dp[i-1][j-1] // replace
) +1;
else dp[i][j] = dp[i-1][j-1];
}
}
return dp.back().back();
}
};

analysis

  • time complexity O(nm)
  • space complexity O(nm)