没看答案,只允许删除操作的编辑距离问题。
class Solution:
def minDistance(self, word1: str, word2: str) -> int:
'''
state: dp[i][j]表示word1[:j]和word2[:i]相同所需的最小步数
basecase: word1或word2为空字符串时的最小步数,即dp数组的第一行和第一列
transfer: 若word1[j-1]与word2[i-1]匹配,则dp[i][j]继承dp[i-1][j-1];
若word1[j-1]与word2[i-1]不匹配,则考虑删除word1[j-1]或word2[i-1],
即取dp[i-1][j]和dp[i][j-1]中的最小值,再加1次删除操作。
result: dp[-1][-1]
'''
m, n = len(word1), len(word2)
dp = [[0] * (m+1) for _ in range(n+1)]
for i in range(m+1):
dp[0][i] = i
for j in range(n+1):
dp[j][0] = j
for i in range(1, n+1):
for j in range(1, m+1):
if word1[j-1] == word2[i-1]:
dp[i][j] = dp[i-1][j-1]
else:
dp[i][j] = min(dp[i-1][j], dp[i][j-1]) + 1
return dp[-1][-1]