#K34867. Hamming Distance or Length Difference
Hamming Distance or Length Difference
Hamming Distance or Length Difference
You are given two binary strings a and b.
If the strings have equal length, you must compute the Hamming distance between them, which is defined as
$$d(a,b)=\sum_{i=1}^{n}\mathbf{1}_{(a_i\neq b_i)}$$
where \(n\) is the length of the strings.
If the strings have different lengths, output the absolute difference in their lengths, i.e. $$|len(a)-len(b)|$$.
Read the input from standard input and write your output to standard output.
inputFormat
The input consists of exactly two lines read from standard input:
- The first line contains the binary string a.
- The second line contains the binary string b.
outputFormat
Output a single integer which is either the Hamming distance between a and b if they have the same length, or the absolute difference in their lengths if they are of different lengths.
## sample1101
1011
2