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+# Longest common substring
+
+string1 = "ABABC"
+string2 = "BABCA"
+
+max_substring = ""
+max_length = -1
+
+
+for i in range(0, len(string1)+1):
+ for j in range(0, len(string1)+1):
+ if (string1[i:j] in string2) and len(string1[i:j]) > max_length:
+ max_length = len(string1[i:j])
+ max_substring = string1[i:j]
+
+
+print('The longest substring is: ' + max_substring)
+print('The length of the longest substring is: ' + str(max_length)) \ No newline at end of file