Practice Inductive Structure of Edit Distance - 5.6 | 5. Edit Distance | Design & Analysis of Algorithms - Vol 3
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

Calculate the Edit Distance for 'bat' and 'cat'.

💡 Hint: Consider only character replacements.

Question 2

Easy

What operation is used to convert 'good' to 'goood'?

💡 Hint: Think about how we add characters.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What does Edit Distance measure?

  • Number of characters in a string
  • How alike two strings are
  • Time complexity of an algorithm

💡 Hint: Think of the purpose of measuring similarity.

Question 2

True or False: Edit Distance can only be calculated for words with the same length.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Consider the flexibility of character operations.

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Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

How would you convert 'algorithm' to 'alliteration'? Calculate the required Edit Distance.

💡 Hint: Start by identifying shared and differing characters between the two words.

Question 2

Given two strings of different lengths, 'happy' and 'unhappiness', calculate the Edit Distance.

💡 Hint: Consider how you can minimize the longer string to match the shorter one.

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