package main import "fmt" func lcs(a, b string) (output string) { lengths := make([]int, len(a)*len(b)) greatestLength := 0 for i, x := range a { for j, y := range b { if x == y { if i == 0 || j == 0 { lengths[i*len(b)+j] = 1 } else { lengths[i*len(b)+j] = lengths[(i-1)*len(b)+j-1] + 1 } if lengths[i*len(b)+j] > greatestLength { greatestLength = lengths[i*len(b)+j] output = a[i-greatestLength+1 : i+1] } } } } return } func main() { fmt.Println(lcs("thisisatest", "testing123testing")) }