from __future__ import print_function # Time: O(n * m) # Space: O(n + m) # # 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: # @return an integer def minDistance(self, word1, word2): if len(word1) < len(word2): return self.minDistance(word2, word1) distance = [i for i in xrange(len(word2) + 1)] for i in xrange(1, len(word1) + 1): pre_distance_i_j = distance[0] distance[0] = i for j in xrange(1, len(word2) + 1): insert = distance[j - 1] + 1 delete = distance[j] + 1 replace = pre_distance_i_j if word1[i - 1] != word2[j - 1]: replace += 1 pre_distance_i_j = distance[j] distance[j] = min(insert, delete, replace) return distance[-1] # Time: O(n * m) # Space: O(n * m) class Solution2: # @return an integer def minDistance(self, word1, word2): distance = [[i] for i in xrange(len(word1) + 1)] distance[0] = [j for j in xrange(len(word2) + 1)] for i in xrange(1, len(word1) + 1): for j in xrange(1, len(word2) + 1): insert = distance[i][j - 1] + 1 delete = distance[i - 1][j] + 1 replace = distance[i - 1][j - 1] if word1[i - 1] != word2[j - 1]: replace += 1 distance[i].append(min(insert, delete, replace)) return distance[-1][-1] if __name__ == "__main__": print(Solution().minDistance("Rabbit", "Racket")) print(Solution2().minDistance("Rabbit", "Rabket")) print(Solution().minDistance("Rabbit", "Rabbitt"))