Link to this code: https://cses.fi/paste/f3b94bab5c2d1c0f24976f/
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#include<bits/stdc++.h>
 
using namespace std;
 
#define int long long int
#define ll long long int
#define fi(n) for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
#define fj(n) for(int j=0;j<n;j++)
#define W(x) int x;cin>>x;while(x--)
#define fr(n) for(int i=n-1;i>=0;i--)
#define mp make_pair
#define fo(i,a,n) for(int i=a;i<n;i++)
#define ps(x,y) fixed<<setprecision(y)<<x
#define pb push_back
#define vi vector<int>
#define deb(x) cout<<#x<<"="<<x<<endl;
#define all(a) (a).begin(),(a).end()
#define pii pair<int,int>
#define sortall(x) sort(all(x))
#define mk(arr,n,type)  type *arr=new type[n];
#define vpi vector<pair<int,int> >
#define setbits(x) __builtin_popcountll(x)
#define zerbits(x) __builtinctzll(x)
#define mod 1000000007
#define inf 1e18
#define sz(x) (int)x.size()
#define vs vector<string>
#define itr(a) for(auto it=a.begin();it!=a.end();it++)
#define f first
#define s second
#define INT_SIZE 32
int mpow(int exp, int base);
//I don't know what the funciton aeh() does but it speeds up my mess
void aeh()
{
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(NULL); cout.tie(0);
#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE
    freopen("input.txt", "r", stdin);
    freopen("output.txt", "w", stdout);
#endif
}
 
int32_t main()
{
    string s;cin>>s;
    string p;cin>>p;
    int n=s.size();
    int m=p.size();
    int dp[n+1][m+1];
    for(int i=0;i<=n;i++)
    {
        for(int j=0;j<=m;j++)
        {
            if(!i)dp[i][j]=j;
            else if(!j)dp[i][j]=i;
            else
            {
                if(s[i-1]==p[j-1])
                {
                    dp[i][j]=dp[i-1][j-1];
                }
                else{
                    dp[i][j]=min({dp[i-1][j-1],dp[i-1][j],dp[i][j-1]})+1;
                }
            }
        }
    }
    cout<<dp[n][m];
}

int mpow(int base, int exp)
{
    base %= mod;
    int result = 1;
    while (exp > 0)
    {
        if (exp & 1)result = (result * base) % mod;
        base = (base * base) % mod;
        exp >>= 1;
    }
    return result;
}