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min_cost_string_conversion.py

"""

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 range(n + 1)] for _ in range(m + 1)]

ops = [[0 for _ in range(n + 1)] for _ in range(m + 1)]

for i in range(1, m + 1):

costs[i][0] = i * cD

ops[i][0] = "D%c" % X[i - 1]

for i in range(1, n + 1):

costs[0][i] = i * cI

ops[0][i] = "I%c" % Y[i - 1]

for i in range(1, m + 1):

for j in range(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__":

_, 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)

string = list("Python")

i = 0

cost = 0

with open("min_cost.txt", "w") as file:

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))