#function for removing common characters # with their respective occurrences def remove_match_char(list1, list2): for i in range(len(list1)): for j in range(len(list2)): # if common character is found # then remove that character # and return list of concatenated # list with True Flag if list1[i] == list2[j]: c = list1[i] # remove character from the list list1.remove(c) list2.remove(c) # concatenation of two list elements with * # * is act as border mark here list3 = list1 + ["*"] + list2 # return the concatenated list with True flag return [list3, True] # no common characters is found # return the concatenated list with False flag list3 = list1 + ["*"] + list2 return [list3, False] # Driver code if __name__ == "__main__": # take first name p1 = input("Player 1 name : ") # converted all letters into lower case p1 = p1.lower() # replace any space with empty string p1.replace(" ", "") # make a list of letters or characters p1_list = list(p1) # take 2nd name p2 = input("Player 2 name : ") p2 = p2.lower() p2.replace(" ", "") p2_list = list(p2) # taking a flag as True initially proceed = True # keep calling remove_match_char function # until common characters is found or # keep looping until proceed flag is True while proceed: # function calling and store return value ret_list = remove_match_char(p1_list, p2_list) # take out concatenated list from return list con_list = ret_list[0] # take out flag value from return list proceed = ret_list[1] # find the index of "*" / border mark star_index = con_list.index("*") # list slicing perform # all characters before * store in p1_list p1_list = con_list[: star_index] # all characters after * store in p2_list p2_list = con_list[star_index + 1:] # count total remaining characters count = len(p1_list) + len(p2_list) # list of FLAMES acronym result = ["Friends", "Love", "Affection", "Marriage", "Enemy", "Siblings"] # keep looping until only one item # is not remaining in the result list while len(result) > 1: # store that index value from # where we have to perform slicing. split_index = (count % len(result) - 1) # this steps is done for performing # anticlock-wise circular fashion counting. if split_index >= 0: # list slicing right = result[split_index + 1:] left = result[: split_index] # list concatenation result = right + left else: result = result[: len(result) - 1] # print final result print("Relationship status :", result[0])