Given two words word1 and word2, find the minimum number of steps required to convert word1 to word2. (each operation is counted as 1 step.)
You have the following 3 operations permitted on a word:
a) Insert a character
b) Delete a character
c) Replace a character
class Solution {
public:
int min(int a, int b, int c)
{
if(a <= b && a <= c)
return a;
else if(b <= a && b <= c)
return b;
else
return c;
}
int min(int a, int b)
{
return a < b ? a : b;
}
int minDistance(string word1, string word2)
{
int n1 = word1.size();
int n2 = word2.size();
if(n1 == 0)
return n2;
if(n2 == 0)
return n1;
vector<vector<int>> dp(n1+1, vector<int>(n2+1, 0));
for(int i=0; i<=n1; i++)
dp[i][0] = i;
for(int j=0; j<=n2; j++)
dp[0][j] = j;
for(int i=1; i<=n1; i++)
{
for(int j=1; j<=n2; j++)
{
if(word1[i-1] == word2[j-1])
dp[i][j] = dp[i-1][j-1];
else
dp[i][j] = min(dp[i-1][j], dp[i][j-1], dp[i-1][j-1]) + 1;
}
}
return dp[n1][n2];
}
};