Hamming Distance
ABC 399Problem 17 of 50
EasyWhat to do
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
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
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