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Solution: Hamming Distance

Explore how to compute the Hamming distance between two integers by applying bitwise XOR and Brian Kernighan's technique to count differing bits efficiently. This lesson helps you understand key bitwise operations and their practical use in solving coding interview problems.

Statement

The Hamming distance between two integers is defined as the number of bit positions where the corresponding bits of the two numbers differ.

Given two integers x and y, your task is to find and return the Hamming distance between them.

Constraints:

  • 00 \leq x, y 2311\leq 2^{31} - 1 ...