Solution
class Solution:
def minDistance(self, word1: str, word2: str) -> int:
m, n = len(word1), len(word2)
f = [[0] * (n + 1) for _ in range(m + 1)]
for j in range(1, n + 1):
f[0][j] = j
for i, a in enumerate(word1, 1):
f[i][0] = i
for j, b in enumerate(word2, 1):
if a == b:
f[i][j] = f[i - 1][j - 1]
else:
f[i][j] = min(f[i - 1][j], f[i][j - 1], f[i - 1][j - 1]) + 1
return f[m][n]
if __name__ == "__main__":
sol = Solution()
print(sol.minDistance("horse", "ros")) # 3
print(sol.minDistance("intention", "execution")) # 5
print(sol.minDistance("", "a")) # 1
print(sol.minDistance("a", "")) # 1