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Solution: Edit Distance

Explore the dynamic programming solution to compute the minimum number of operations required to convert one string into another. Understand how to break down the problem into subproblems using a 2D table for insertions, deletions, and replacements to solve the edit distance problem 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 ...