Given two wordsword1andword2, find the minimum number of steps required to convertword1toword2. (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 minDistance(String word1, String word2) {
int n = word1.length(), m = word2.length();
int[][] dp = new int[n + 1][m + 1];
for (int i = 0; i <= n; i++){
dp[i][0] = i;
}
for (int j = 0; j <= m; j++){
dp[0][j] = j;
}
for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++){
for (int j = 1; j <= m; j++){
if (word1.charAt(i - 1) == word2.charAt(j - 1)){
dp[i][j] = dp[i - 1][j - 1];
}
else{
dp[i][j] = Math.min(dp[i - 1][j - 1], Math.min(dp[i - 1][j], dp[i][j - 1])) + 1;
}
}
}
return dp[n][m];
}
}