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lingpy.algorithm.distance.hamming

lingpy.algorithm.distance.hamming(str1, str2)

Compute the Hamming distance between two strings.

The Hamming distance (see Hamming1950) is defined as the number of bits that are different between two vectors.

Parameters :

str1 : str

str to be compared to str2

str2 : str

str to be compared to str1

Returns :

_ : int

the hamming distance

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