/** * File: edit_distance.js * Created Time: 2023-08-23 * Author: Gaofer Chou (gaofer-chou@qq.com) */ /* Edit distance: Brute force search */ function editDistanceDFS(s, t, i, 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.charAt(i - 1) === t.charAt(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 const insert = editDistanceDFS(s, t, i, j - 1); const del = editDistanceDFS(s, t, i - 1, j); const replace = editDistanceDFS(s, t, i - 1, j - 1); // Return the minimum number of edits return Math.min(insert, del, replace) + 1; } /* Edit distance: Memoized search */ function editDistanceDFSMem(s, t, mem, i, 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.charAt(i - 1) === t.charAt(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 const insert = editDistanceDFSMem(s, t, mem, i, j - 1); const del = editDistanceDFSMem(s, t, mem, i - 1, j); const replace = editDistanceDFSMem(s, t, mem, i - 1, j - 1); // Record and return the minimum number of edits mem[i][j] = Math.min(insert, del, replace) + 1; return mem[i][j]; } /* Edit distance: Dynamic programming */ function editDistanceDP(s, t) { const n = s.length, m = t.length; const dp = Array.from({ length: n + 1 }, () => new Array(m + 1).fill(0)); // State transition: first row and first column for (let i = 1; i <= n; i++) { dp[i][0] = i; } for (let j = 1; j <= m; j++) { dp[0][j] = j; } // State transition: the rest of the rows and columns for (let i = 1; i <= n; i++) { for (let j = 1; j <= m; j++) { if (s.charAt(i - 1) === t.charAt(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(dp[i][j - 1], dp[i - 1][j], dp[i - 1][j - 1]) + 1; } } } return dp[n][m]; } /* Edit Distance: Space-optimized dynamic programming */ function editDistanceDPComp(s, t) { const n = s.length, m = t.length; const dp = new Array(m + 1).fill(0); // State transition: first row for (let j = 1; j <= m; j++) { dp[j] = j; } // State transition: the rest of the rows for (let i = 1; i <= n; i++) { // State transition: first column let leftup = dp[0]; // Temporarily store dp[i-1, j-1] dp[0] = i; // State transition: the rest of the columns for (let j = 1; j <= m; j++) { const temp = dp[j]; if (s.charAt(i - 1) === t.charAt(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(dp[j - 1], dp[j], leftup) + 1; } leftup = temp; // Update for the next round of dp[i-1, j-1] } } return dp[m]; } const s = 'bag'; const t = 'pack'; const n = s.length, m = t.length; // Brute force search let res = editDistanceDFS(s, t, n, m); console.log(`将 ${s} 更改为 ${t} 最少需要编辑 ${res} 步`); // Memoized search const mem = Array.from(new Array(n + 1), () => new Array(m + 1).fill(-1)); res = editDistanceDFSMem(s, t, mem, n, m); console.log(`将 ${s} 更改为 ${t} 最少需要编辑 ${res} 步`); // Dynamic programming res = editDistanceDP(s, t); console.log(`将 ${s} 更改为 ${t} 最少需要编辑 ${res} 步`); // Space-optimized dynamic programming res = editDistanceDPComp(s, t); console.log(`将 ${s} 更改为 ${t} 最少需要编辑 ${res} 步`);