Mia von Steinkirch 1d476139a8 cleanup
2019-05-08 11:51:45 -07:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python
__author__ = "bt3"
def longest_common_substring(s1, s2):
p1 = 0
aux, lcp = '', ''
string1 = max(s1, s2)
string2 = min(s1, s2)
while p1 < len(string1):
p2 = 0
while p2 < len(string2) and p1+p2 < len(string1):
if string1[p1+p2] == string2[p2]:
aux += string1[p1+p2]
else:
if len(lcp) < len(aux):
lcp = aux
aux = ''
p2 += 1
p1 += 1
return lcp
if __name__ == '__main__':
str1 = 'hasfgeaae'
str2 = 'bafgekk'
result = 'fge'
assert(longest_common_substring(str1, str2) == result)