#include <iterator>
#include <algorithm>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>
template<typename T, typename C>
size_t
seq_distance(const T& seq1, const T& seq2, const C& cost,
const typename T::value_type& empty = typename T::value_type()) {
const size_t size1 = seq1.size();
const size_t size2 = seq2.size();
std::vector<size_t> curr_col(size2 + 1);
std::vector<size_t> prev_col(size2 + 1);
// Prime the previous column for use in the following loop:
prev_col[0] = 0;
for (size_t idx2 = 0; idx2 < size2; ++idx2) {
prev_col[idx2 + 1] = prev_col[idx2] + cost(empty, seq2[idx2]);
}
for (size_t idx1 = 0; idx1 < size1; ++idx1) {
curr_col[0] = curr_col[0] + cost(seq1[idx1], empty);
for (size_t idx2 = 0; idx2 < size2; ++idx2) {
curr_col[idx2 + 1] = std::min(std::min(
curr_col[idx2] + cost(empty, seq2[idx2]),
prev_col[idx2 + 1] + cost(seq1[idx1], empty)),
prev_col[idx2] + cost(seq1[idx1], seq2[idx2]));
}
curr_col.swap(prev_col);
curr_col[0] = prev_col[0];
}
return prev_col[size2];
}
size_t
letter_distance(char letter1, char letter2) {
return letter1 != letter2 ? 1 : 0;
}
size_t
word_distance(const std::string& word1, const std::string& word2) {
return seq_distance(word1, word2, &letter_distance);
}
size_t
sentence_distance(const std::string& sentence1, const std::string& sentence2) {
std::vector<std::string> words1;
std::vector<std::string> words2;
std::istringstream iss1(sentence1);
std::istringstream iss2(sentence2);
std::copy(std::istream_iterator<std::string>(iss1),
std::istream_iterator<std::string>(),
std::back_inserter< std::vector<std::string> >(words1));
std::copy(std::istream_iterator<std::string>(iss2),
std::istream_iterator<std::string>(),
std::back_inserter< std::vector<std::string> >(words2));
return seq_distance(words1, words2, &word_distance);
}
int main(int, char**)
{
std::cout <<
word_distance("Hello World",
"Hel loWorld") << std::endl;
std::cout <<
sentence_distance("Hello World",
"Hel loWorld") << std::endl;
std::cout <<
word_distance("Al Chertoff Et",
"Al Church Department of finance Et") << std::endl;
std::cout <<
sentence_distance("Al Chertoff Et",
"Al Church Department of finance Et") << std::endl;
std::cout <<
word_distance("Al Chertoff Deport Et",
"Al Church Department of finance Et") << std::endl;
std::cout <<
sentence_distance("Al Chertoff Deport Et",
"Al Church Department of finance Et") << std::endl;
return 0;
}