#include #include #include #include #include int main(int argc, char **argv) { unsigned long matches = 0, misses = 0; char *strings[2]; size_t lengths[2]; size_t pos[2] = {0}; unsigned current = 0; if (argc != 3) error(1, 0, "Incorrect number of arguments %d", argc); strings[0] = argv[1]; lengths[0] = strlen(strings[0]); strings[1] = argv[2]; lengths[1] = strlen(strings[1]); for (; pos[0] < lengths[0] && pos[1] < lengths[1];) { if (strings[0][pos[0]] == strings[1][pos[1]]) { matches++; pos[0]++; pos[1]++; current = current ? 0 : 1; } else { pos[current ? 0 : 1]++; misses++; } } if (lengths[0] > pos[0]) misses += lengths[0] - pos[0] - 1; if (lengths[1] > pos[1]) misses += lengths[1] - pos[1] - 1; printf("Matches: %lu, Misses: %lu\n", matches, misses); return 0; }