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## edit_distance
### Instructions
Create a **function** named `edit_distance`, which calculates the minimum number of changes (insertions, deletions and/or substitutions) which are needed to transform the `source` string to the `target` string.
### Expected Function
```rust
pub fn edit_distance(source: &str, target: &str) -> usize {
}
```
### Usage
Here is a program to test your function.
```rust
use edit_distance::*;
fn main() {
let source = "alignment";
let target = "assignment";
println!(
"It's necessary to make {} change(s) to {}, to get {}",
edit_distance(source, target),
source,
target
);
}
```
And its output:
```console
$ cargo run
It's necessary to make 2 change(s) to alignment, to get assignment
$
```
### Notions
[Edit Distance (Wikipedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edit_distance)