Number of Differing Digits & Another Problem (want to see different ways it can be done)
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- Subject: [mg76310] Number of Differing Digits & Another Problem (want to see different ways it can be done)
- From: VenDiddy at gmail.com
- Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 04:45:08 -0400 (EDT)
I just purchased a copy of Mathematica and I've been learning it for about a week now. You can expect that I will be posting a lot of questions. One thing I've noticed is that there are so many different ways to do the same thing! Here is a function I came up with that calculates how many binary digits two numbers differ in: BitDifferences[a_, b_, n_] := Count[Equal @@@ Thread[{IntegerDigits[a, 2, n], IntegerDigits[b, 2, n]}], True] For example 5 = 101 differs from 6 = 111 by one digit (the middle digit). I want to see how you would do it so I can broaden my Mathematica perspective. Thanks.
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