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+#!/opt/local/bin/python
+
+#
+# See ../README.md
+#
+
+#
+# Run as: python ch-2.py < input-file
+#
+
+
+def init ():
+    global best_diff
+    best_diff = -1
+
+def check_sets (set1, set2):
+    global best_diff
+    global best_set1
+    global best_set2
+    diff = abs (sum (set1) - sum (set2))
+    if best_diff < 0 or diff < best_diff:
+        best_diff = diff
+        best_set1 = set1
+        best_set2 = set2
+
+def report ():
+    global best_set1
+    global best_set2
+    print (" " . join (map (lambda x: str (x), best_set1)) + "; " +
+           " " . join (map (lambda x: str (x), best_set2)))
+
+
+def split_set (set, set1, set2):
+    n = len (set) + len (set1) + len (set2)
+    if len (set1) == n // 2:
+        check_sets (set1, set2 + set)
+    elif len (set2) == (n + 1) // 2:
+        check_sets (set1 + set, set2)
+    else:
+        split_set (set [1:], set1 + [set [0]], set2)
+        split_set (set [1:], set1, set2 + [set [0]])
+
+import fileinput
+
+for line in fileinput . input ():
+    init ()
+    set = list (map (lambda x: int (x), line . strip () . split ()))
+    split_set (set, [], [])
+    report ()