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Thanks.<br />
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Hello.<br />
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I need a code to get two string of the form<br />
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a.b.c.d.f3.g9<br />
a.b.c.w3.r6<br />
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and find the common prefix - which is, in this case, a.b.c<br />

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Hello.

I need a code to get two string of the form

a.b.c.d.f3.g9
a.b.c.w3.r6

and find the common prefix - which is, in this case, a.b.c


common prefix

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