TWC335

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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from collections import Counter
+
+def common_characters(words):
+  char_count = Counter(words[0])
+
+  for w in words:
+    current_count = Counter(w)
+
+    for c in list(char_count):
+      char_count[c] = min(char_count[c],current_count[c])
+
+  res = []
+
+  for char,count in char_count.items():
+    res.extend([char] * count)
+
+  return res
+  
+
+print(common_characters(["bella","label","roller"]))
+print(common_characters(["cool","lock","cook"]))
+print(common_characters(["hello","world","pole"]))
+print(common_characters(["abc","def","ghi"]))
+print(common_characters(["aab","aac","aaa"]))
+