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Solution: Hamming Distance

Explore how to compute the Hamming distance between two integers by identifying differing bit positions through XOR operations. Learn to implement Brian Kernighan's algorithm to count set bits efficiently, understanding the solution's time and space complexities for optimized coding interviews.

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 ...