#include<iostream>
#include<algorithm>
using namespace std;
int n;
string ins1,ins2;
int diff[1010];
int x = -1,y,sum;
int main(){
cin>>ins1>>ins2;
n = ins1.length();
for(int i = 0; i < n; i++){
if(ins1[i] != ins2[i]){
diff[i] = 1;
sum++;
if(x == -1) x = i;
}else{
diff[i] = 0;
}
}
for(int j = n - 1; j >= 0; j--){
if(diff[j] == 1){
y = j;
break;
}
}
int z = x,ans = 0;
while(z <= y){
if(diff[z] == 1){
diff[z] = 0;
if(diff[z+1] == 0) diff[z+1] = 1;
else diff[z+1] = 0;
ans++;
}
z++;
}
cout<<ans<<endl;
return 0;
}