Question

How to get the number of characters that two strings have in common in Python

Answer 1

def common_characters_count(str1, str2):
    return len(set(str1) & set(str2))

str1 = "abcdefg";
str2 = "xayzgoe"

print(common_characters_count(str1, str2))  



'''
run:
 
3
 
'''

 

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