Package g0001_0100.s0072_edit_distance

Class Solution

java.lang.Object

g0001_0100.s0072_edit_distance.Solution

public class Solution
extends Object

72 - Edit Distance.<p>Hard</p> <p>Given two strings <code>word1</code> and <code>word2</code>, return <em>the minimum number of operations required to convert <code>word1</code> to <code>word2</code></em>.</p> <p>You have the following three operations permitted on a word:</p> <ul> <li>Insert a character</li> <li>Delete a character</li> <li>Replace a character</li> </ul> <p><strong>Example 1:</strong></p> <p><strong>Input:</strong> word1 = &ldquo;horse&rdquo;, word2 = &ldquo;ros&rdquo;</p> <p><strong>Output:</strong> 3</p> <p><strong>Explanation:</strong> horse -> rorse (replace &lsquo;h&rsquo; with &lsquo;r&rsquo;) rorse -> rose (remove &lsquo;r&rsquo;) rose -> ros (remove &lsquo;e&rsquo;)</p> <p><strong>Example 2:</strong></p> <p><strong>Input:</strong> word1 = &ldquo;intention&rdquo;, word2 = &ldquo;execution&rdquo;</p> <p><strong>Output:</strong> 5</p> <p><strong>Explanation:</strong> intention -> inention (remove &lsquo;t&rsquo;) inention -> enention (replace &lsquo;i&rsquo; with &lsquo;e&rsquo;) enention -> exention (replace &lsquo;n&rsquo; with &lsquo;x&rsquo;) exention -> exection (replace &lsquo;n&rsquo; with &lsquo;c&rsquo;) exection -> execution (insert &lsquo;u&rsquo;)</p> <p><strong>Constraints:</strong></p> <ul> <li><code>0 <= word1.length, word2.length <= 500</code></li> <li><code>word1</code> and <code>word2</code> consist of lowercase English letters.</li> </ul>

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Solution()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
int	minDistance(String w1, String w2)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Solution

public Solution()

Method Details

minDistance

public int minDistance(String w1,
 String w2)