public class LDistance {
// ****************************
// Get minimum of three values
// ****************************
private int Minimum(int a, int b, int c) {
int mi;
mi = a;
if (b < mi) {
mi = b;
}
if (c < mi) {
mi = c;
}
return mi;
}
// *****************************
// Compute Levenshtein distance
// *****************************
public int LD(String s, String t) {
int d[][];
// matrix
int n;
// length of s
int m;
// length of t
int i;
// iterates through s
int j;
// iterates through t
char s_i;
// ith character of s
char t_j;
// jth character of t
int cost;
// cost
// Step1
// Set n to be the length of s.
// Set m to be the length of t.
n = s.length();
m = t.length();
if (n == 0) {
return m;
}
if (m == 0) {
return n;
}
d = new int[n + 1][m + 1];
// Step 2
// Initialize the first row to 0..n.
// Initialize the first column to 0..m.
for (i = 0; i <= n; i++) {
d[i][0] = i;
}
for (j = 0; j <= m; j++) {
d[0][j] = j;
}
// Step 3
// Examine each character of s (i from 1 to n).
for (i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
s_i = s.charAt(i - 1);
// Step 4
// Examine each character of s (i from 1 to n).
for (j = 1; j <= m; j++) {
t_j = t.charAt(j - 1);
// Step 5
// If s[i] equals t[j], the cost is 0.
// If s[i] doesn't equal t[j], the cost is 1.
if (s_i == t_j) {
cost = 0;
} else {
cost = 1;
}
// Step 6
/*
* Set cell d[i,j] of the matrix equal to the minimum of:
a. The cell immediately above plus 1: d[i-1,j] + 1.
b. The cell immediately to the left plus 1: d[i,j-1] + 1.
c. The cell diagonally above and to the left plus the cost: d[i-1,j-1] + cost.
* */
d[i][j] = Minimum(d[i - 1][j] + 1, d[i][j - 1] + 1,
d[i - 1][j - 1] + cost);
}
}
// Step 7
//After the iteration steps (3, 4, 5, 6) are complete, the distance is found in cell d[n,m].
return d[n][m];
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
LDistance ld = new LDistance();
System.out.println(ld.LD("abcdeeeddds", "bacdsdeed"));
}
}