Match beginning of two strings

[Jim Richardson]

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On Sat, 02 Aug 2003 23:14:10 -0400,
 Ravi <rxs141 at cwru.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Are you trying to match any to any strings? or only a pair as above?
>> 
> 
> Just a pair at a time, and I only want the first N characters that are 
> common to both strings. The os.path.commonprefix works nicely. Thanks 
> for your help.
> 
> Ravi
> 

Well, it wasn't me, but you're welcome anyway :)




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