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Solution: Hamming Distance

Explore how to find the Hamming distance between two integers by applying bitwise XOR to identify differing bit positions. Understand how to use Brian Kernighan's algorithm to count set bits efficiently, optimizing time and space complexity in your solution.

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 ...