package com.thealgorithms.dynamicprogramming; /** * A DynamicProgramming based solution for Edit Distance problem In Java * Description of Edit Distance with an Example: * *
* Edit distance is a way of quantifying how dissimilar two strings (e.g., * words) are to one another, by counting the minimum number of operations * required to transform one string into the other. The distance operations are * the removal, insertion, or substitution of a character in the string. * *
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* The Distance between "kitten" and "sitting" is 3. A minimal edit script that * transforms the former into the latter is: * *
* kitten → sitten (substitution of "s" for "k") sitten → sittin (substitution * of "i" for "e") sittin → sitting (insertion of "g" at the end). * * @author SUBHAM SANGHAI */ public final class EditDistance { private EditDistance() { } public static int minDistance(String word1, String word2) { int len1 = word1.length(); int len2 = word2.length(); // len1+1, len2+1, because finally return dp[len1][len2] int[][] dp = new int[len1 + 1][len2 + 1]; /* If second string is empty, the only option is to insert all characters of first string into second*/ for (int i = 0; i <= len1; i++) { dp[i][0] = i; } /* If first string is empty, the only option is to insert all characters of second string into first*/ for (int j = 0; j <= len2; j++) { dp[0][j] = j; } // iterate though, and check last char for (int i = 0; i < len1; i++) { char c1 = word1.charAt(i); for (int j = 0; j < len2; j++) { char c2 = word2.charAt(j); // if last two chars equal if (c1 == c2) { // update dp value for +1 length dp[i + 1][j + 1] = dp[i][j]; } else { /* if two characters are different , then take the minimum of the various operations(i.e insertion,removal,substitution)*/ int replace = dp[i][j] + 1; int insert = dp[i][j + 1] + 1; int delete = dp[i + 1][j] + 1; int min = Math.min(replace, insert); min = Math.min(delete, min); dp[i + 1][j + 1] = min; } } } /* return the final answer , after traversing through both the strings*/ return dp[len1][len2]; } // edit distance problem public static int editDistance(String s1, String s2) { int[][] storage = new int[s1.length() + 1][s2.length() + 1]; return editDistance(s1, s2, storage); } public static int editDistance(String s1, String s2, int[][] storage) { int m = s1.length(); int n = s2.length(); if (storage[m][n] > 0) { return storage[m][n]; } if (m == 0) { storage[m][n] = n; return storage[m][n]; } if (n == 0) { storage[m][n] = m; return storage[m][n]; } if (s1.charAt(0) == s2.charAt(0)) { storage[m][n] = editDistance(s1.substring(1), s2.substring(1), storage); } else { int op1 = editDistance(s1, s2.substring(1), storage); int op2 = editDistance(s1.substring(1), s2, storage); int op3 = editDistance(s1.substring(1), s2.substring(1), storage); storage[m][n] = 1 + Math.min(op1, Math.min(op2, op3)); } return storage[m][n]; } }