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# MD: code I wrote for you, in order to make sure you get two strings,
# a & b, from the user, with a being shorter than b

# MD: importing sys, which will allow us to output to the screen more
# quickly
import sys

# MD: Ask user to enter their first string
print "Please enter the first string:"
sys.stdout.flush()
first = raw_input()

# MD: Ask user to enter their second string
print "Please enter the second string:"
sys.stdout.flush()
second = raw_input()

# MD: create 2 variables, a & b:
# - These will be the user-inputted strings, with the provision that:
# - a is shorter than b
a = first
b = second
if len(b) < len(a):
    a = second
    b = first

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# YOUR CODE GOES HERE