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DIY: Edit Distance

Understand how to implement a function that calculates the minimum number of insertions, deletions, and substitutions required to transform one string into another. This lesson enhances problem-solving skills relevant to computational biology and coding interviews by applying edit distance concepts.

Problem statement

Given two strings, str1 and str2, you have to return the minimum number of edit operations that are required to convert str1 to str2.

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