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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys
+
+def lr(tree):
+    if (len(tree) < 3 or tree[0] == '.'):
+        return [[],[]]
+    if len(tree) == 3:
+        return [["."],["."]]
+    left=[]
+    sm,ix = 0,1
+    while sm != -1: 
+        left.append(tree[ix])
+        sm+=(-1 if tree[ix] == '.' else 1)
+        ix+=1
+    right = tree[len(left)+1:]
+    return [left,right]
+
+def lrLongPath(tree):
+    if tree[0] == '.':
+        return [[],[]]
+    if len(tree) == 3:
+        return [[tree[0]],[tree[0]]]
+    left,right = lr(tree)
+    lLongPath = [tree[0]] + max(lrLongPath(left), key=len)
+    rLongPath = [tree[0]] + max(lrLongPath(right), key=len)
+    return [lLongPath,rLongPath]
+
+def biLongPath(tree):
+    if len(tree) < 3 or tree[0] == '.':
+        return []
+    if len(tree) == 3:
+        return [tree[0]]
+    lPath,rPath = lrLongPath(tree)
+    path = list(reversed(lPath[1:])) + rPath
+    left,right = lr(tree)
+    return max([path]+list(map(biLongPath, [left,right])), key=len)
+
+print(" ".join(biLongPath(sys.argv[1:])))
+
+"""
+run <script> <tree in preorder form with '.' for empty nodes, entered as space-separated values>
+
+ref: https://stackoverflow.com/a/2676849/11064961
+
+e.g. 1 2 4 . 7 . . . 3 5 . . 6 . . represents the tree
+
+        1
+       / \
+      2   3
+     /   / \
+    4   5   6
+     \
+      7
+
+given as an example in the problem formulation at https://perlweeklychallenge.org/blog/perl-weekly-challenge-113/#TASK2
+"""