strings.hamming_distance
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.. py:module:: strings.hamming_distance


Functions
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.. autoapisummary::

   strings.hamming_distance.hamming_distance


Module Contents
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.. py:function:: hamming_distance(string1: str, string2: str) -> int

   Calculate the Hamming distance between two equal length strings
   In information theory, the Hamming distance between two strings of equal
   length is the number of positions at which the corresponding symbols are
   different. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamming_distance

   Args:
       string1 (str): Sequence 1
       string2 (str): Sequence 2

   Returns:
       int: Hamming distance

   >>> hamming_distance("python", "python")
   0
   >>> hamming_distance("karolin", "kathrin")
   3
   >>> hamming_distance("00000", "11111")
   5
   >>> hamming_distance("karolin", "kath")
   Traceback (most recent call last):
     ...
   ValueError: String lengths must match!