find_longest_match

Find longest matching block in a[alo:ahi] and b[blo:bhi].

Syntax

PYTHON Copy

find_longest_match(alo=0, ahi=None, blo=0, bhi=None)

Examples

Example 1

PYTHON Copy

>>> s = SequenceMatcher(None, " abcd", "abcd abcd")
>>> s.find_longest_match(0, 5, 0, 9)
Match(a=0, b=4, size=5)

Example 2

PYTHON Copy

>>> s = SequenceMatcher(lambda x: x==" ", " abcd", "abcd abcd")
>>> s.find_longest_match(0, 5, 0, 9)
Match(a=1, b=0, size=4)

See Also

find_longest_match() named tuple