Hamming Distance ABC 399 Completed

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Problem 17 of 50

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You have two strings of the same length made up of lowercase letters. Your task is to count how many positions in these strings have different letters.

Key Concepts
loops conditional statements string manipulation counting
Examples

Input: 'abcarc', 'agcahc'

Output: 2

Input: 'atcoder', 'contest'

Output: 7

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tips_and_updates Tips for Beginners
  • Focus on understanding the logic, not memorizing syntax
  • Use print statements to debug your code
  • Don't worry about input parsing - the function handles that for you
  • If stuck, try writing out your solution on paper first