Description
Let x and y be two strings over some finite alphabet A. We would like to transform x into y allowing only operations given below:
- Deletion: a letter in x is missing in y at a corresponding position.
- Insertion: a letter in y is missing in x at a corresponding position.
- Change: letters at corresponding positions are distinct
Certainly, we would like to minimize the number of all possible operations.
IllustrationA G T A A G T * A G G C | | | | | | | A G T * C * T G A C G CDeletion: * in the bottom line
Insertion: * in the top line
Change: when the letters at the top and bottom are distinct
This tells us that to transform x = AGTCTGACGC into y = AGTAAGTAGGC we would be required to perform 5 operations (2 changes, 2 deletions and 1 insertion). If we want to minimize the number operations, we should do it like
A G T A A G T A G G C | | | | | | | A G T C T G * A C G C
and 4 moves would be required (3 changes and 1 deletion).
In this problem we would always consider strings x and y to be fixed, such that the number of letters in x is m and the number of letters in y is n where n ≥ m.
Assign 1 as the cost of an operation performed. Otherwise, assign 0 if there is no operation performed.
Write a program that would minimize the number of possible operations to transform any string x into a string y.
Input
The input consists of the strings x and y prefixed by their respective lengths, which are within 1000.
Output
An integer representing the minimum number of possible operations to transform any string x into a string y.
Sample Input
10 AGTCTGACGC 11 AGTAAGTAGGC
Sample Output
4
#include <iostream> #include <cstdio> #include <cstring> using namespace std; #define maxn 1080 char str1[maxn],str2[maxn]; int dp[maxn][maxn]; inline int min(int a,int b,int c) { if(a>b) a = b; if(a>c) a = c; return a; } int main() { int len1,len2; while(scanf("%d %s",&len1,str1+1)!=EOF) { scanf("%d %s",&len2,str2+1); dp[0][0] = 0; int maxlen = max(len1,len2); for(int i = 1;i <= maxlen;i++) dp[0][i] = dp[i][0] = i; for(int i = 1;i <= len1;i++) for(int j = 1;j <= len2;j++) { dp[i][j] = min(dp[i-1][j]+1,dp[i][j-1]+1,dp[i-1][j-1]+(str1[i]!=str2[j])); } printf("%d\n",dp[len1][len2]); } return 0; }