String painter

Time Limit: 5000/2000 MS (Java/Others)    Memory Limit: 32768/32768 K (Java/Others)
Total Submission(s): 1117    Accepted Submission(s): 443

Problem Description There are two strings A and B with equal length. Both strings are made up of lower case letters. Now you have a powerful string painter. With the help of the painter, you can change a segment of characters of a string to any other character you want. That is, after using the painter, the segment is made up of only one kind of character. Now your task is to change A to B using string painter. What’s the minimum number of operations?  

Input Input contains multiple cases. Each case consists of two lines:

The first line contains string A.

The second line contains string B.

The length of both strings will not be greater than 100.  

Output A single line contains one integer representing the answer.  

Sample Input zzzzzfzzzzz abcdefedcba abababababab cdcdcdcdcdcd  

Sample Output 6 7  

Source
2008 Asia Regional Chengdu  

Recommend lcy         一开始两个字符串很难搞。 其实可以先算由空白串直接变成str2. 用区间DP，可以求出dp[i][j]. 然后再计算从str1变成str2.

//============================================================================
// Name        : HDU.cpp
// Author      : 
// Version     :
// Copyright   : Your copyright notice
// Description : Hello World in C++, Ansi-style
//============================================================================

#include <iostream>
#include <string.h>
#include <algorithm>
#include <stdio.h>
using namespace std;
const int MAXN=110;
int dp[MAXN][MAXN];
char str1[MAXN],str2[MAXN];
int ans[MAXN];
int main()
{
    //freopen("in.txt","r",stdin);
    //freopen("out.txt","w",stdout);
    while(scanf("%s%s",str1,str2)==2)
    {
        int n=strlen(str1);
        memset(dp,0,sizeof(dp));
        for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
            for(int j=i;j<n;j++)
                dp[i][j]=j-i+1;
        //先直接DP求出从空白串变成str2
        for(int i=n-2;i>=0;i--)
            for(int j=i+1;j<n;j++)
            {
                dp[i][j]=dp[i+1][j]+1;
                for(int k=i+1;k<=j;k++)
                    if(str2[i]==str2[k])
                        dp[i][j]=min(dp[i][j],dp[i+1][k-1]+dp[k][j]);
            }
        for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
        {
            ans[i]=dp[0][i];
            if(str1[i]==str2[i])
            {
                if(i==0)ans[i]=0;
                else ans[i]=ans[i-1];
            }
            for(int j=0;j<i;j++)
                ans[i]=min(ans[i],ans[j]+dp[j+1][i]);
        }
        printf("%d\n",ans[n-1]);
    }
    return 0;
}