import strutils proc missingPermutation(arr: openArray[string]): string = result = "" if arr.len == 0: return if arr.len == 1: return arr[0][1] & arr[0][0] for pos in 0 ..< arr[0].len: var s: set[char] = {} for permutation in arr: let c = permutation[pos] if c in s: s.excl c else: s.incl c for c in s: result.add c const given = """ABCD CABD ACDB DACB BCDA ACBD ADCB CDAB DABC BCAD CADB CDBA CBAD ABDC ADBC BDCA DCBA BACD BADC BDAC CBDA DBCA DCAB""".splitWhiteSpace() echo missingPermutation(given)