One edit away

Question

Write a function to return a boolean that indicates if two strings are one edit away from being identical. The function should take in 2 strings and return a boolean. The definition of an "edit" is as follows:

Insert one character
Remove one character
Replace one character

A few examples of inputs and the function result are listed below.

- OneEditAway("pea", "peas") = True
- OneEditAway("pea", "fleas") = False
- OneEditAway("pea", "lea") = True
- OneEditAway("pea", "seas") = False

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