Find the position of difference between two strings

Question

I have two strings of equal length, how can I find all the locations where the strings are different?

For example, \"HELPMEPLZ\" and \"HELPNEPLX\" are different at p

Answer 1

Python really comes with batteries included. Have a look at difflib

>>> import difflib
>>> a='HELPMEPLZ'
>>> b='HELPNEPLX'
>>> s = difflib.SequenceMatcher(None, a, b)
>>> for block in s.get_matching_blocks():
...     print block
Match(a=0, b=0, size=4)
Match(a=5, b=5, size=3)
Match(a=9, b=9, size=0)

difflib is very powerful and a some study of the documentation is really recommended.