one edit distance python

determine if two strings are in one edit distance

there are two cases we need to consider:

1.they are in the same length but one char different

2. they have exactly one char different with one length different

code is as follow.

def editone(str1,str2):
	m=len(str1)
	n=len(str2)
	
	if m>n:
		return editone(str2,str1)
	##make sure len(str2)>len(str1)
	if n-m>1:# if the dif is greater than 1 then false
		return False
	
	shift=n-m## see the dif
	i=0

	while i<m and  str1[i]==str2[i]:
		i+=1
	if i==m:
		return shift>0## if m==n and they are all the same return false
	
	if shift==0:## otheriwse check they are only one char dif
		i+=1
	while i<m and str1[i]==str2[i+shift]:
		i+=1
	return i==m
print editone('a','b')