Java Distance Calculate distance(String seq1, String seq2)

Description

find the number of places where the two given strings differ from each other

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
seq1	a parameter
seq2	a parameter

Declaration

public static int distance(String seq1, String seq2) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Apache License 

public class Main {
    /**//from   w w w  . j a  v  a  2  s  . c  o  m
     * find the number of places where the two given strings differ from each
     * other
     * 
     * @param seq1
     * @param seq2
     * @return
     */
    public static int distance(String seq1, String seq2) {
        int count = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < seq1.length(); i++) {
            if (seq1.charAt(i) != seq2.charAt(i)) {
                count++;
            }
        }

        return count;
    }
}

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