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#!/usr/bin/env python3
import re
import sys
def find_index_in_list(array, word):
'''Find the index of a word in a list'''
for i, w in enumerate(array):
if w == word:
return i
# This word does not appear in the list
return None
def main(first_list, second_list):
# Turn the words into a list
first_list = re.findall(r'\w+', first_list)
second_list = re.findall(r'\w+', second_list)
# We set the index_sum to one more than the greatest possible solution
index_sum = len(first_list) + len(second_list) + 1
solution = []
# Loop through the first_list
for i1, w in enumerate(first_list):
# See if it appears in the second list
i2 = find_index_in_list(second_list, w)
if i2 is not None:
# The the index sum of this word
i = i1 + i2
if i < index_sum:
# It is better than the previous solution
solution = [w]
index_sum = i
elif i == index_sum:
# It is the same as the previous solution
solution.append(w)
# Print the results
if solution:
print('("' + '", "'.join(solution) + '")')
else:
print('()')
if __name__ == '__main__':
main(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])
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