diff --git a/c++/edit distance.cpp b/c++/edit distance.cpp
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+#include<iostream>
+#include<string>
+ 
+using namespace std;
+ 
+int min(string s, string d, int l1, int l2)
+{
+    int i, j;
+    int e[l1+1][l2+1];
+    for(i=0;i<=l1;i++)
+        e[i][0]=i;    
+    for(j=0;j<=l2;j++)
+        e[0][j]=j;   
+    for(i=1;i<=l1;i++)
+    {
+        for(j=1;j<=l2;j++)
+        {
+            if(s[i-1]==d[j-1])
+            {
+                e[i][j]=e[i-1][j-1];
+            }
+ 
+            else
+            {
+                int x=1+e[i-1][j];     
+                int y=1+e[i][j-1];    
+                int z=1+e[i-1][j-1];  
+ 
+                e[i][j]=min(x,min(y,z));
+ 
+            }
+        }
+    }
+ 
+    return e[l1][l2];
+ 
+}
+ 
+ 
+int main()
+{
+    string s,d;
+ 
+    getline(cin, s);
+ 
+    getline(cin, d);
+ 
+    int l1=s.length();  
+    int l2=d.length(); 
+ 
+    cout<<min(s,d,l1,l2);
+ 
+    cout<<endl;
+    return 0;
+}
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