Almost same as Longest Common SubString
class Solution { public int minDistance(String word1, String word2) { int[][] dp = new int[word1.length() + 1][word2.length() + 1]; for (int i = 0; i <= word1.length(); i++) { for (int j = 0; j <= word2.length(); j++) { if (i == 0 || j == 0) dp[i][j] = 0; else { dp[i][j] = (word1.charAt(i - 1) == word2.charAt(j - 1)) ? dp[i - 1][j - 1] + 1 : Math.max(dp[i - 1][j], dp[i][j - 1]); } } } return word1.length() + word2.length() - 2 * dp[word1.length()][word2.length()]; }}