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  def index_containing_substring(the_list, substring):

    for i, s in enumerate(the_list):

        if substring in s:

            return i

    return -1



def string_match():

    test_list=['foo bar abc xml','fdff gdnfgf gdkgf','foo bar','abc','xml','xyz']

    max_len=4 # I am storing the maximum length of sentence

    # the list starts with reverse order

    # i.e sentence with highest length are at the top

    safe_to_add=

    for s in test_list:

        if len(s)==max_len:

            safe_to_add.append(s)

        else:

            idx=index_containing_substring(safe_to_add,s)

            if idx==-1:

                safe_to_add.append(s)

            else:

                # process the substring

                print('match found {} for {}'.format(test_list[idx],s))

Output

match found foo bar abc xml for foo bar

match found foo bar abc xml for abc

match found foo bar abc xml for xml

  def index_containing_substring(the_list, substring):

    for i, s in enumerate(the_list):

        if substring in s:

            return i

    return -1



def string_match():

    test_list=['foo bar abc xml','fdff gdnfgf gdkgf','foo bar','abc','xml','xyz']

    max_len=4 # I am storing the maximum length of sentence

    # the list starts with reverse order

    # i.e sentence with highest length are at the top

    safe_to_add=

    for s in test_list:

        if len(s)==max_len:

            safe_to_add.append(s)

        else:

            idx=index_containing_substring(safe_to_add,s)

            if idx==-1:

                safe_to_add.append(s)

            else:

                # process the substring

                print('match found {} for {}'.format(test_list[idx],s))

Output

match found foo bar abc xml for foo bar

match found foo bar abc xml for abc

match found foo bar abc xml for xml

  def index_containing_substring(the_list, substring):

    for i, s in enumerate(the_list):

        if substring in s:

            return i

    return -1



def string_match():

    test_list=['foo bar abc xml','fdff gdnfgf gdkgf','foo bar','abc','xml','xyz']

    max_len=4 # I am storing the maximum length of sentence

    # the list starts with reverse order

    # i.e sentence with highest length are at the top

    safe_to_add=

    for s in test_list:

        if len(s)==max_len:

            safe_to_add.append(s)

        else:

            idx=index_containing_substring(safe_to_add,s)

            if idx==-1:

                safe_to_add.append(s)

            else:

                # process the substring

                print('match found {} for {}'.format(test_list[idx],s))

Output

match found foo bar abc xml for foo bar

match found foo bar abc xml for abc

match found foo bar abc xml for xml

  def index_containing_substring(the_list, substring):

    for i, s in enumerate(the_list):

        if substring in s:

            return i

    return -1



def string_match():

    test_list=['foo bar abc xml','fdff gdnfgf gdkgf','foo bar','abc','xml','xyz']

    max_len=4 # I am storing the maximum length of sentence

    # the list starts with reverse order

    # i.e sentence with highest length are at the top

    safe_to_add=

    for s in test_list:

        if len(s)==max_len:

            safe_to_add.append(s)

        else:

            idx=index_containing_substring(safe_to_add,s)

            if idx==-1:

                safe_to_add.append(s)

            else:

                # process the substring

                print('match found {} for {}'.format(test_list[idx],s))

Output

match found foo bar abc xml for foo bar

match found foo bar abc xml for abc

match found foo bar abc xml for xml

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