题目:《编程之美》P223
string sub_string(const string &s, const int begin,const int end)
{
if (begin > end)
return "";
return s.substr(begin, end);
}
int strings_distance(string s1, string s2)
{
if (s1.size() < s2.size())
{
string tmp = s1;
s1 = s2;
s2 = tmp;
}
if (s2.size() == 0)
return s1.size();
int i;
for (i = 0; i < s2.size(); i++)
{
if (s1[i] != s2[i])
break;
}
if (i == s2.size())
return s1.size() - s2.size();
if (i != 0)
{
s1 = sub_string(s1, i, s1.size() - 1);
s2 = sub_string(s2, i, s2.size() - 1);
return strings_distance(s1, s2);
}
int r1 = strings_distance(sub_string(s1, 1, s1.size() - 1), s2);
int r2 = strings_distance(sub_string(s2, 1, s2.size() - 1), s1);
int r3 = strings_distance(sub_string(s1, 1, s1.size() - 1), sub_string(s2, 1, s2.size() - 1));
r1 = r1>r2 ? r2 : r1;
r1 = r1 > r3 ? r3 : r1;
return r1 + 1;
}