EasyNLPnlp-343

Edit Distance One Substitution Check

Problem

Two strings of equal length are at substitution distance one when exactly one position differs.

Given the two strings, return True when the edit script is a single substitution.

Hint

Count mismatched positions with equal lengths.

case 1

in: ["cat","cot"]

expected: true

case 2

in: ["cat","cat"]

expected: false

case 3

in: ["cat","dog"]

expected: false

Starter codePython

def edit_distance_one_substitution_check(a, b):
    # Your code here
    pass

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