// File: edit_distance.go // Created Time: 2023-07-23 // Author: Reanon (793584285@qq.com) package chapter_dynamic_programming /* Edit distance: Brute force search */ func editDistanceDFS(s string, t string, i int, j int) int { // 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 insert := editDistanceDFS(s, t, i, j-1) deleted := editDistanceDFS(s, t, i-1, j) replace := editDistanceDFS(s, t, i-1, j-1) // Return the minimum number of edits return MinInt(MinInt(insert, deleted), replace) + 1 } /* Edit distance: Memoized search */ func editDistanceDFSMem(s string, t string, mem [][]int, i int, j int) int { // 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 insert := editDistanceDFSMem(s, t, mem, i, j-1) deleted := editDistanceDFSMem(s, t, mem, i-1, j) replace := editDistanceDFSMem(s, t, mem, i-1, j-1) // Record and return the minimum number of edits mem[i][j] = MinInt(MinInt(insert, deleted), replace) + 1 return mem[i][j] } /* Edit distance: Dynamic programming */ func editDistanceDP(s string, t string) int { n := len(s) m := len(t) dp := make([][]int, n+1) for i := 0; i <= n; i++ { dp[i] = make([]int, m+1) } // State transition: first row and first column for i := 1; i <= n; i++ { dp[i][0] = i } for j := 1; j <= m; j++ { dp[0][j] = j } // State transition: the rest of the rows and columns for i := 1; i <= n; i++ { for 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] = MinInt(MinInt(dp[i][j-1], dp[i-1][j]), dp[i-1][j-1]) + 1 } } } return dp[n][m] } /* Edit distance: Space-optimized dynamic programming */ func editDistanceDPComp(s string, t string) int { n := len(s) m := len(t) dp := make([]int, m+1) // State transition: first row for j := 1; j <= m; j++ { dp[j] = j } // State transition: the rest of the rows for i := 1; i <= n; i++ { // State transition: first column leftUp := dp[0] // Temporarily store dp[i-1, j-1] dp[0] = i // State transition: the rest of the columns for j := 1; j <= m; j++ { 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] = MinInt(MinInt(dp[j-1], dp[j]), leftUp) + 1 } leftUp = temp // Update for the next round of dp[i-1, j-1] } } return dp[m] } func MinInt(a, b int) int { if a < b { return a } return b }