str1 = input("str1:")
str2 = input("str2:")
flag = 0
if len(str1)>len(str2):
shorter = str1
longer = str2
else:
shorter = str2
longer = str1
for i in range(0,len(shorter)):
if shorter[i] == longer[i]:
flag = flag +1
else:
break
print(shorter[0:flag])
str1:their
str2:they
the