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  1. /* package whatever; // don't place package name! */
  2.  
  3. import java.util.*;
  4. import java.lang.*;
  5. import java.io.*;
  6.  
  7. /* Name of the class has to be "Main" only if the class is public. */
  8. class Ideone
  9. {
  10. 	public static void main (String[] args) throws java.lang.Exception
  11. 	{
  12. 		System.out.println(compare("kitten", "sitting"));
  13. 	}
  14.  
  15. 	public static int compare(String term1, String term2) {
  16. 		if ("".equals(term1)) {
  17. 			return term2.length();
  18. 		}
  19. 		if ("".equals(term2)) {
  20. 			return term1.length();
  21. 		}
  22. 		char char1 = term1.charAt(0);
  23. 		char char2 = term2.charAt(0);
  24. 		if (char1 == char2) {
  25. 			return compare(term1.substring(1), term2.substring(1));
  26. 		}
  27.  
  28. 		// OK, no easy results, let's try every possibility:
  29. 		int insertion = compare(term1, term2.substring(1));
  30. 		int deletion = compare(term1.substring(1), term2);
  31. 		int update = compare(term1.substring(1), term2.substring(1));
  32.  
  33. 		int minimum_changes = Math.min(Math.min(insertion, deletion), update);
  34. 		return minimum_changes + 1;
  35. 	}
  36. }
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language:
Java (HotSpot 12)
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10 years ago
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