# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein_distance import time import random def levenstein_distance(a, b): m = len(a) n = len(b) dp = [[0] * (n + 1) for i in range(m + 1)] for i in range(m + 1): dp[i][0] = i for j in range(n + 1): dp[0][j] = j for i in range(m): for j in range(n): if a[i] == b[j]: dp[i + 1][j + 1] = dp[i][j] else: dp[i + 1][j + 1] = 1 + min(dp[i][j], dp[i + 1][j], dp[i][j + 1]) return dp[m][n] def test(): start = time.time() print(levenstein_distance('abc', 'ab')) print(levenstein_distance(random_string(1000), random_string(1000))) print(time.time() - start) def random_string(len): return ''.join(random.choice('ab') for _ in range(len)) test()