Problem 2640. Find similar sequences

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Binbin Qi on 24 Oct 2014

[3 1 5 7 0] and [3 2 5 7 0] is similar or not?

Guillaume on 24 Oct 2014

'Rows are considered similar if the numbers common to both rows are in the exact same order with no other numbers in between'. Numbers in common are 3, 5, 7. They're in the exact same order. But there is a number in between in both rows, so they're not similar.

Guillaume on 24 Oct 2014

Basically, find the numbers that are common to both rows. If they're consecutive in both, with no gaps, keep the row

Binbin Qi on 25 Oct 2014

I see

Rafael S.T. Vieira on 16 Aug 2020

Maybe a better description for the problem would be that the largest sequence of equal numbers between two rows must have the same size and be unique.

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Guillaume on 24 Oct 2014

I've added a test to prevent this from working

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