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longest common substring
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#!/usr/bin/env python | |
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- | |
# | |
def longest_common_substring(s1, s2): | |
m = [[0] * (1 + len(s2)) for i in xrange(1 + len(s1))] | |
longest, x_longest = 0, 0 | |
for x in xrange(1, 1 + len(s1)): | |
for y in xrange(1, 1 + len(s2)): | |
if s1[x - 1] == s2[y - 1]: | |
m[x][y] = m[x - 1][y - 1] + 1 | |
if m[x][y] > longest: | |
longest = m[x][y] | |
x_longest = x | |
else: | |
m[x][y] = 0 | |
return s1[x_longest - longest: x_longest] | |
def main(): | |
print longest_common_substring('asdfasdasdfasd','asdfasdfsa') | |
return 0 | |
if __name__ == '__main__': | |
main() |
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