Medium
Delete Operation for Two Strings — C++
Full explanation · Time O(m * n) · Space O(n)
// Time: O(m * n)
// Space: O(n)
class Solution {
public:
int minDistance(string word1, string word2) {
const auto m = word1.length();
const auto n = word2.length();
vector<vector<int>> dp(2, vector<int>(n + 1));
for (int i = 0; i < m; ++i) {
for (int j = 0; j < n; ++j) {
dp[(i + 1) % 2][j + 1] = max(max(dp[i % 2][j + 1], dp[(i + 1) % 2][j]),
dp[i % 2][j] + (word1[i] == word2[j]));
}
}
return m + n - 2 * dp[m % 2][n];
}
};