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Solution: Edit Distance

Understand how to solve the Edit Distance problem by applying dynamic programming. Explore breaking down the problem into smaller overlapping subproblems, constructing a 2D table to track operations, and optimizing the solution for transforming one string into another with minimal edits.

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 ...