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+// Created by GeorgiyX (github.com/GeorgiyX) 31.10.2020.
+#include <iostream>
+
+/**
+ * Calculates the Hamming distance for two buffers
+ * @param left - 1th buffer
+ * @param right - 2nd buffer
+ * @param size - size of the smallest buffer
+ * @return distance
+ */
+size_t hammingDistance(const char *left, const char *right, size_t size) {
+    size_t hammingDistance = 0;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < size; ++i) { // for byte in message
+        for (size_t j = 0; j < 8; ++j) { // for bits in byte
+            if(((left[i] >> j) & 1) != ((right[i] >> j) & 1))
+                hammingDistance++;
+        }
+    }
+    return hammingDistance;
+}
+
+int main() {
+    char left[] = {1, 2, 0};
+    char right[] = {5, 2, 0};
+    std::cout << hammingDistance(left, right, std::min(sizeof(left), sizeof(right))) << std::endl;
+    return 0;
+}