HAMMING DISTANCE

HAMMING DISTANCE (LET)

Let Subcommand

Compute the Hamming distance between two variables.

The Hamming distance is typically computed between two strings of equal length. In this case, the Hamming distance of the two strings is the count of the number of positions in the two strings that are different.

This command takes two numeric variables of equal length. It returns the number of elements in the two variables that are different (i.e., X(1) is compared to Y(1), X(2) is compared to Y(2), and so on). Often these two variables will consist of a sequence of 1's and 0's, but this command is not restricted to that case.

The STRING HAMMING DISTANCE can be used to compute the Hamming distance of two strings.

LET <par> = HAMMING DISTANCE <y1> <y2>
                        <SUBSET/EXCEPT/FOR qualification>
where <y1> is the first response variable;
            <y2> is the second response variable;
            <par> is a parameter where the computed Hamming distance is stored;
and where the <SUBSET/EXCEPT/FOR qualification> is optional.

LET A = HAMMING DISTANCE Y1 Y2
LET A = HAMMING DISTANCE Y1 Y2 SUBSET Y1 > 0 SUBSET Y2 > 0

Dataplot statistics can be used in a number of commands. For details, enter
HELP STATISTICS

None

None

EUCLIDEAN DISTANCE	=	Compute the cosine distance.
COSINE DISTANCE	=	Compute the cosine distance.
MANHATTAN DISTANCE	=	Compute the Manhattan distance.
MATRIX DISTANCE	=	Compute various distance metrics for a matrix.

Mathematics

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LET Y1 = DATA 1 1 0 0
LET Y2 = DATA 1 0 1 0
LET DIST  = HAMMING DISTANCE Y1 Y2
SET WRITE DECIMALS 0
PRINT DIST
    

The following output is returned

 PARAMETERS AND CONSTANTS--

     DIST    --         2