#P2629. Common permutation
Common permutation
Description
Given two strings of lowercase letters, a and b, print the longest string x of lowercase letters such that there is a permutation of x that is a subsequence of a and there is a permutation of x that is a subsequence of b.
Input
Input consists of pairs of lines. The first line of a pair contains a and the second contains b. Each string is on a separate line and consists of at most 1,000 lowercase letters.
Output
For each subsequent pair of input lines, output a line containing x. If several x satisfy the criteria above, choose the first one in alphabetical order.
pretty
women
walking
down
the
street
e
nw
et
Source
The UofA Local 1999.10.16