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  1. def doit(list1, list2):
  2.     lastmatch = -1
  3.     lastunmatch = -1
  4.     for i, x in enumerate(zip(list1, list2)):
  5.         if x[0] == x[1]:
  6.             lastmatch = i                
  7.         else:
  8.             lastunmatch = i
  9.         print abs(lastmatch - lastunmatch)
  10.  
  11. list1 = ['cat', 'sat', 'on', 'mat', 'xx', 'yy'] 
  12. list2 = ['cow', 'sat', 'on', 'carpet', 'xx', 'yy']
  13.  
  14. doit(list1, list2)
  15.  
  16.  
Success #stdin #stdout 0.01s 7896KB
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Python (cpython 2.7.16)
created:
11 years ago
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