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+#!/opt/local/bin/python
+
+#
+# See ../README.md
+#
+
+#
+# Run as python ch-1.py < input-file
+#
+
+import fileinput
+import re
+
+# 
+# Recursively count matches:
+#   - If either the string or the pattern is empty, there are no matches.
+#   - Else, + count the matches if we don't match at the first character
+#             if the string.
+#           + if the first character of the string equals the first
+#             character of the pattern:
+#             o  add 1 if the pattern is just one character long
+#             o  else, add the number of matches starting from the
+#                then next character in the string, and the next
+#                character in the pattern.
+#
+def matches (string, pattern):
+    if len (string) == 0 or len (pattern) == 0:
+        return 0
+
+    count = matches (string [1:], pattern)
+
+    if string [0] == pattern [0]:
+        if len (pattern) == 1:
+            count = count + 1
+        else:
+            count = count + matches (string [1:], pattern [1:])
+
+    return count
+
+for line in fileinput . input ():
+    (string, pattern) = re . split (r' +', line . strip ())
+    print (matches (string, pattern))