from __future__ import print_function try: xrange #Python 2 except NameError: xrange = range #Python 3 ''' Algorithm for calculating the most cost-efficient sequence for converting one string into another. The only allowed operations are ---Copy character with cost cC ---Replace character with cost cR ---Delete character with cost cD ---Insert character with cost cI ''' def compute_transform_tables(X, Y, cC, cR, cD, cI): X = list(X) Y = list(Y) m = len(X) n = len(Y) costs = [[0 for _ in xrange(n+1)] for _ in xrange(m+1)] ops = [[0 for _ in xrange(n+1)] for _ in xrange(m+1)] for i in xrange(1, m+1): costs[i][0] = i*cD ops[i][0] = 'D%c' % X[i-1] for i in xrange(1, n+1): costs[0][i] = i*cI ops[0][i] = 'I%c' % Y[i-1] for i in xrange(1, m+1): for j in xrange(1, n+1): if X[i-1] == Y[j-1]: costs[i][j] = costs[i-1][j-1] + cC ops[i][j] = 'C%c' % X[i-1] else: costs[i][j] = costs[i-1][j-1] + cR ops[i][j] = 'R%c' % X[i-1] + str(Y[j-1]) if costs[i-1][j] + cD < costs[i][j]: costs[i][j] = costs[i-1][j] + cD ops[i][j] = 'D%c' % X[i-1] if costs[i][j-1] + cI < costs[i][j]: costs[i][j] = costs[i][j-1] + cI ops[i][j] = 'I%c' % Y[j-1] return costs, ops def assemble_transformation(ops, i, j): if i == 0 and j == 0: seq = [] return seq else: if ops[i][j][0] == 'C' or ops[i][j][0] == 'R': seq = assemble_transformation(ops, i-1, j-1) seq.append(ops[i][j]) return seq elif ops[i][j][0] == 'D': seq = assemble_transformation(ops, i-1, j) seq.append(ops[i][j]) return seq else: seq = assemble_transformation(ops, i, j-1) seq.append(ops[i][j]) return seq if __name__ == '__main__': from time import sleep _, operations = compute_transform_tables('Python', 'Algorithms', -1, 1, 2, 2) m = len(operations) n = len(operations[0]) sequence = assemble_transformation(operations, m-1, n-1) file = open('min_cost.txt', 'w') string = list('Python') i = 0 cost = 0 for op in sequence: print(''.join(string)) if op[0] == 'C': file.write('%-16s' % 'Copy %c' % op[1]) file.write('\t\t\t' + ''.join(string)) file.write('\r\n') cost -= 1 elif op[0] == 'R': string[i] = op[2] file.write('%-16s' % ('Replace %c' % op[1] + ' with ' + str(op[2]))) file.write('\t\t' + ''.join(string)) file.write('\r\n') cost += 1 elif op[0] == 'D': string.pop(i) file.write('%-16s' % 'Delete %c' % op[1]) file.write('\t\t\t' + ''.join(string)) file.write('\r\n') cost += 2 else: string.insert(i, op[1]) file.write('%-16s' % 'Insert %c' % op[1]) file.write('\t\t\t' + ''.join(string)) file.write('\r\n') cost += 2 i += 1 print(''.join(string)) print('Cost: ', cost) file.write('\r\nMinimum cost: ' + str(cost)) file.close()