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
主题思想: 这是一道经典的动态规划题,和求最长公共子串长度有点类似。
AC 代码:
class Solution {
public int minDistance(String word1, String word2) {
int m=word1.length();
int n=word2.length();
int [][]dp=new int [m+1][n+1];
//convert word1 to word2
//init
for(int i=0;i<=m;i++)dp[i][0]=i;
for(int j=0;j<=n;j++) dp[0][j]=j;
for(int i=1;i<=m;i++){
for(int j=1;j<=n;j++){
if(word1.charAt(i-1)==word2.charAt(j-1)){
dp[i][j]=dp[i-1][j-1];
}else{
dp[i][j]=1+Math.min(dp[i-1][j-1],Math.min(dp[i-1][j],dp[i][j-1]));
}
}
}
return dp[m][n];
}
}