/** * File: edit_distance.cs * Created Time: 2023-07-14 * Author: hpstory (hpstory1024@163.com) */ namespace hello_algo.chapter_dynamic_programming; public class edit_distance { /* Edit distance: Brute force search */ int EditDistanceDFS(string s, string t, int i, int j) { // If both s and t are empty, return 0 if (i == 0 && j == 0) return 0; // If s is empty, return the length of t if (i == 0) return j; // If t is empty, return the length of s if (j == 0) return i; // If the two characters are equal, skip these two characters if (s[i - 1] == t[j - 1]) return EditDistanceDFS(s, t, i - 1, j - 1); // The minimum number of edits = the minimum number of edits from three operations (insert, remove, replace) + 1 int insert = EditDistanceDFS(s, t, i, j - 1); int delete = EditDistanceDFS(s, t, i - 1, j); int replace = EditDistanceDFS(s, t, i - 1, j - 1); // Return the minimum number of edits return Math.Min(Math.Min(insert, delete), replace) + 1; } /* Edit distance: Memoized search */ int EditDistanceDFSMem(string s, string t, int[][] mem, int i, int j) { // If both s and t are empty, return 0 if (i == 0 && j == 0) return 0; // If s is empty, return the length of t if (i == 0) return j; // If t is empty, return the length of s if (j == 0) return i; // If there is a record, return it if (mem[i][j] != -1) return mem[i][j]; // If the two characters are equal, skip these two characters if (s[i - 1] == t[j - 1]) return EditDistanceDFSMem(s, t, mem, i - 1, j - 1); // The minimum number of edits = the minimum number of edits from three operations (insert, remove, replace) + 1 int insert = EditDistanceDFSMem(s, t, mem, i, j - 1); int delete = EditDistanceDFSMem(s, t, mem, i - 1, j); int replace = EditDistanceDFSMem(s, t, mem, i - 1, j - 1); // Record and return the minimum number of edits mem[i][j] = Math.Min(Math.Min(insert, delete), replace) + 1; return mem[i][j]; } /* Edit distance: Dynamic programming */ int EditDistanceDP(string s, string t) { int n = s.Length, m = t.Length; int[,] dp = new int[n + 1, m + 1]; // State transition: first row and first column for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) { dp[i, 0] = i; } for (int j = 1; j <= m; j++) { dp[0, j] = j; } // State transition: the rest of the rows and columns for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) { for (int j = 1; j <= m; j++) { if (s[i - 1] == t[j - 1]) { // If the two characters are equal, skip these two characters dp[i, j] = dp[i - 1, j - 1]; } else { // The minimum number of edits = the minimum number of edits from three operations (insert, remove, replace) + 1 dp[i, j] = Math.Min(Math.Min(dp[i, j - 1], dp[i - 1, j]), dp[i - 1, j - 1]) + 1; } } } return dp[n, m]; } /* Edit distance: Space-optimized dynamic programming */ int EditDistanceDPComp(string s, string t) { int n = s.Length, m = t.Length; int[] dp = new int[m + 1]; // State transition: first row for (int j = 1; j <= m; j++) { dp[j] = j; } // State transition: the rest of the rows for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) { // State transition: first column int leftup = dp[0]; // Temporarily store dp[i-1, j-1] dp[0] = i; // State transition: the rest of the columns for (int j = 1; j <= m; j++) { int temp = dp[j]; if (s[i - 1] == t[j - 1]) { // If the two characters are equal, skip these two characters dp[j] = leftup; } else { // The minimum number of edits = the minimum number of edits from three operations (insert, remove, replace) + 1 dp[j] = Math.Min(Math.Min(dp[j - 1], dp[j]), leftup) + 1; } leftup = temp; // Update for the next round of dp[i-1, j-1] } } return dp[m]; } [Test] public void Test() { string s = "bag"; string t = "pack"; int n = s.Length, m = t.Length; // Brute force search int res = EditDistanceDFS(s, t, n, m); Console.WriteLine("Changing " + s + " to " + t + " requires a minimum of " + res + " edits"); // Memoized search int[][] mem = new int[n + 1][]; for (int i = 0; i <= n; i++) { mem[i] = new int[m + 1]; Array.Fill(mem[i], -1); } res = EditDistanceDFSMem(s, t, mem, n, m); Console.WriteLine("Changing " + s + " to " + t + " requires a minimum of " + res + " edits"); // Dynamic programming res = EditDistanceDP(s, t); Console.WriteLine("Changing " + s + " to " + t + " requires a minimum of " + res + " edits"); // Space-optimized dynamic programming res = EditDistanceDPComp(s, t); Console.WriteLine("Changing " + s + " to " + t + " requires a minimum of " + res + " edits"); } }