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IceBase/short-string-conversion.py

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+def steps_to_convert(line1, line2):
+    len_line1 = len(line1)
+    len_line2 = len(line2)
+    if line1 == "" or line2 == "":
+        return len_line1 if len_line1 != 0 else len_line2
+    similarities = has_similar(line1, line2)
+    if len(similarities) > 0:
+        return abs(max(len_line1, len_line2) - len(similarities))
+    else:
+
+        if len_line1 < len_line2:
+            if line1 in line2:
+                return len_line2 - len_line1
+        else:
+            if line2 in line1:
+                return len_line1 - len_line2
+        return 0
+
+
+def has_similar(line1, line2):
+    similarities = []
+    for index, letter in enumerate(line1):
+        if letter == line2[index]:
+            similarities.append(index)
+    return similarities
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    # These "asserts" using only for self-checking and not necessary for auto-testing
+    assert steps_to_convert('line1', 'line1') == 0, "eq"
+    assert steps_to_convert('line1', 'line2') == 1, "2"
+    assert steps_to_convert('line', 'line2') == 1, "none to 2"
+    assert steps_to_convert('ine', 'line2') == 2, "need two more"
+    assert steps_to_convert('line1', '1enil') == 4, "everything is opposite"
+    assert steps_to_convert('', '') == 0, "two empty"
+    assert steps_to_convert('l', '') == 1, "one side"
+    assert steps_to_convert('', 'l') == 1, "another side"
+    print("You are good to go!")