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First solution in Clear category for The Hamming Distance by bartorbard
def checkio(n, m):
num = n
num2 = m
numBin=(str(bin(num))[2:])
numBin2=(str(bin(num2))[2:])
tmp = 0
if len(numBin) < len(numBin2):
tmp = numBin
numBin = numBin2
numBin2 = tmp
while (len(numBin) > len(numBin2)):
numBin2 = ("0"+numBin2)
n=0
numbCount=0
for eachChar in numBin:
if (numBin[n:n+1] != numBin2[n:n+1]):
numbCount=numbCount+1
n=n+1
return (numbCount)
if __name__ == '__main__':
#These "asserts" using only for self-checking and not necessary for auto-testing
assert checkio(117, 17) == 3, "First example"
assert checkio(1, 2) == 2, "Second example"
assert checkio(16, 15) == 5, "Third example"
Nov. 27, 2016