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Solution: Edit Distance

Explore the concept of edit distance by learning how to compute the minimum number of operations needed to transform one string into another using dynamic programming. Understand how to break down the problem into smaller subproblems and build a solution through a 2D table that tracks insertion, deletion, and replacement costs efficiently.

Statement

Given two strings word1 and word2, return the minimum number of operations needed to transform word1 into word2.

The following three operations are allowed on any character of a word:

  • Insert a character

  • Delete a character

  • Replace a character

Constraints:

  • 00 \leq word1.length, word2.length 500\leq 500 ...