Imagine you're a text editor with magical powers. Your task is to transform one word into another using the minimum number of operations. You can insert, delete, or replace a character. How many operations will it take? Let's find out!
We'll use dynamic programming to solve this puzzle! We'll create a table where each cell represents the minimum operations needed to transform a prefix of one word into a prefix of the other. We'll fill this table step by step, considering all possible operations at each stage.
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Explanation:
The minimum number of operations needed to transform "kitten" into "sitting" is: