String distance in rust, first stab.

string_distance.rs

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use std::env;

fn min(a:i32,b:i32,c:i32) -> i32 {
    if a <= b && a <= c {
        a
    } else if b <= c{
        b
    } else {
        c
    }
}

fn string_distance(a: &String,b: &String) -> i32 {
  let a_len = a.len();
  let b_len = b.len();
  let a:Vec<char> = a.chars().collect();
  let b:Vec<char> = b.chars().collect();
  let mut edit_tracker: Vec<Vec<i32>> = vec![vec![0;b_len]; a_len];
  for i in 0..a_len {
      for j in 0..b_len {
          if i == 0 {
              edit_tracker[i][j] = j as i32;
          } else if j == 0 {
              edit_tracker[i][j] = i as i32;
          } else if a[i-1] == b[j-1] {
              edit_tracker[i][j] = edit_tracker[i-1][j-1];
          } else {
              edit_tracker[i][j] = 1 + min(edit_tracker[i][j-1],edit_tracker[i-1][j],edit_tracker[i-1][j-1]);
          }
      }
  }
  edit_tracker[a_len-1][b_len-1]
}

fn main() {
    let args: Vec<String> = env::args().collect();
    println!("{}",string_distance(&args[1], &args[2]));
}