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4.2.3 - Algorithmic Approach

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Question 1 Easy

What does the edit distance measure?

💡 Hint: Think about text transformations.

Question 2 Easy

What is dynamic programming?

💡 Hint: How does it improve efficiency?

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Question 1

What does edit distance represent?

The number of identical characters in two documents.
The number of edits to transform one document into another.
The length of the longest word.

💡 Hint: Focus on what changes are made.

Question 2

True or False: Dynamic programming can lead to faster algorithms by avoiding redundant calculations.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider the benefits of memorization.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Given the words 'sunday' and 'monday', calculate the edit distance and explain each step.

💡 Hint: Consider what character transformations you need to perform.

Challenge 2 Hard

Design a small algorithm to compute edit distance using dynamic programming. Explain its time complexity.

💡 Hint: Identify how you store previous results in a two-dimensional array.

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