<p>There are three types of edits that can be performed on strings: insert a character, remove a character, or replace a character. Given two strings, write a function to check if they are one edit (or zero edits) away.</p>



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<p><strong>Example&nbsp;1:</strong></p>



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<strong>Input:</strong> 

first = &quot;pale&quot;

second = &quot;ple&quot;

<strong>Output:</strong> True

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<p><strong>Example&nbsp;2:</strong></p>



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<strong>Input:</strong> 

first = &quot;pales&quot;

second = &quot;pal&quot;

<strong>Output:</strong> False

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