Q1 Strings - Moloco

def equalsWhenOneCharRemoved(x, y):
    lengthDiff = len(y) - len(x)
    if not (lengthDiff == 1 or lengthDiff == -1):
        return False
    for pointer in range(len(x)):
        if x[pointer] == y[pointer]:
            continue
        else:
            if x[pointer:] == y[pointer+1:]:
                return True
            elif x[pointer+1:] == y[pointer:]:
                return True
            return False
    return True
    
assert equalsWhenOneCharRemoved("x", "y") is False
assert equalsWhenOneCharRemoved("x", "XX") is False
assert equalsWhenOneCharRemoved("yy", "yx") is False
assert equalsWhenOneCharRemoved("helloworld", "helloworldzz") is False

assert equalsWhenOneCharRemoved("abcd", "abxcd") is True
assert equalsWhenOneCharRemoved("xyz", "xz") is True
assert equalsWhenOneCharRemoved("helloworld", "helloworlds") is True