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 |389|[Find the Difference](https://leetcode.com/problems/find-the-difference/) | [C](./src/389.c)|Easy|
 |404|[Sum of Left Leaves](https://leetcode.com/problems/sum-of-left-leaves/) | [C](./src/404.c)|Easy|
 |442|[Find All Duplicates in an Array](https://leetcode.com/problems/find-all-duplicates-in-an-array/) | [C](./src/442.c)|Medium|
+|461|[Hamming Distance](https://leetcode.com/problems/hamming-distance/) | [C](./src/461.c) |Easy|
 |509|[Fibonacci Number](https://leetcode.com/problems/fibonacci-number/) | [C](./src/509.c)|Easy|
 |520|[Detect Capital](https://leetcode.com/problems/detect-capital/) | [C](./src/520.c)|Easy|
 |561|[Array Partition I](https://leetcode.com/problems/array-partition-i/) | [C](./src/561.c)|Easy|
diff --git a/leetcode/src/461.c b/leetcode/src/461.c
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+int hammingDistance(int x, int y){
+    int difference = x ^ y;         //The XOR operator generates the bitwise difference in the binary representation of two numbers
+                                    //If bit in ith position of both numbers is same, bit in difference is 0, otherwise 1
+    int TotalBits = sizeof(difference)*8;   //total number of bits
+    int i, distance = 0;
+    for(i = 0; i < TotalBits; i++) {
+        if(difference & (UINT32_C(1) << i)) //if the bit on the ith position of 32 bit input is 1, then proceed
+                                            //Further note the use of UINT32_C to convert 1 to unsigned 32 bit int, as just 1 is treated as int which cannot be shifted left more than 30 times
+            distance += 1;
+    }   
+    return distance;
+}
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