/** * File: edit_distance.c * Created Time: 2023-10-02 * Author: Zuoxun (845242523@qq.com) */ #include "../utils/common.h" /* Find minimum value */ int myMin(int a, int b) { return a < b ? a : b; } /* Edit distance: Brute force search */ int editDistanceDFS(char *s, char *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 del = editDistanceDFS(s, t, i - 1, j); int replace = editDistanceDFS(s, t, i - 1, j - 1); // Return the minimum number of edits return myMin(myMin(insert, del), replace) + 1; } /* Edit distance: Memoized search */ int editDistanceDFSMem(char *s, char *t, int memCols, 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, memCols, 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, memCols, mem, i, j - 1); int del = editDistanceDFSMem(s, t, memCols, mem, i - 1, j); int replace = editDistanceDFSMem(s, t, memCols, mem, i - 1, j - 1); // Record and return the minimum number of edits mem[i][j] = myMin(myMin(insert, del), replace) + 1; return mem[i][j]; } /* Edit distance: Dynamic programming */ int editDistanceDP(char *s, char *t, int n, int m) { int **dp = malloc((n + 1) * sizeof(int *)); for (int i = 0; i <= n; i++) { dp[i] = calloc(m + 1, sizeof(int)); } // 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] = myMin(myMin(dp[i][j - 1], dp[i - 1][j]), dp[i - 1][j - 1]) + 1; } } } int res = dp[n][m]; // Free memory for (int i = 0; i <= n; i++) { free(dp[i]); } return res; } /* Edit distance: Space-optimized dynamic programming */ int editDistanceDPComp(char *s, char *t, int n, int m) { int *dp = calloc(m + 1, sizeof(int)); // 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] = myMin(myMin(dp[j - 1], dp[j]), leftup) + 1; } leftup = temp; // Update for the next round of dp[i-1, j-1] } } int res = dp[m]; // Free memory free(dp); return res; } /* Driver Code */ int main() { char *s = "bag"; char *t = "pack"; int n = strlen(s), m = strlen(t); // Brute force search int res = editDistanceDFS(s, t, n, m); printf("Changing %s to %s requires a minimum of %d editing steps\n", s, t, res); // Memoized search int **mem = malloc((n + 1) * sizeof(int *)); for (int i = 0; i <= n; i++) { mem[i] = malloc((m + 1) * sizeof(int)); memset(mem[i], -1, (m + 1) * sizeof(int)); } res = editDistanceDFSMem(s, t, m + 1, mem, n, m); printf("Changing %s to %s requires a minimum of %d editing steps\n", s, t, res); // Free memory for (int i = 0; i <= n; i++) { free(mem[i]); } free(mem); // Dynamic programming res = editDistanceDP(s, t, n, m); printf("Changing %s to %s requires a minimum of %d editing steps\n", s, t, res); // Space-optimized dynamic programming res = editDistanceDPComp(s, t, n, m); printf("Changing %s to %s requires a minimum of %d editing steps\n", s, t, res); return 0; }