Challenge: The Edit Distance Problem
Explore how to apply dynamic programming techniques to solve the edit distance problem. Learn to calculate the minimum operations needed to transform one string into another, practicing alignment and cost calculations involving insertion, deletion, and substitution.
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Problem statement
Given two strings, str1 and str2, find the minimum number of operations required to be operated on str1 to convert it into str2. There can be three kinds of operations: i) insertion of a character at some specific position, ii) deletion of a character at some specific position, or iii) ...