diff --git a/longestCommonSubsequence.py b/longestCommonSubsequence.py
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+
+def lcs(u, v):
+   
+    c = [[-1]*(len(v) + 1) for _ in range(len(u) + 1)]
+    lcs_helper(u, v, c, 0, 0)
+    return c
+ 
+ 
+def lcs_helper(u, v, c, i, j):
+   
+    if c[i][j] >= 0:
+        return c[i][j]
+ 
+    if i == len(u) or j == len(v):
+        q = 0
+    else:
+        if u[i] == v[j]:
+            q = 1 + lcs_helper(u, v, c, i + 1, j + 1)
+        else:
+            q = max(lcs_helper(u, v, c, i + 1, j),
+                    lcs_helper(u, v, c, i, j + 1))
+    c[i][j] = q
+    return q
+ 
+ 
+def print_lcs(u, v, c):
+    i = j = 0
+    while not (i == len(u) or j == len(v)):
+        if u[i] == v[j]:
+            print(u[i], end='')
+            i += 1
+            j += 1
+        elif c[i][j + 1] > c[i + 1][j]:
+            j += 1
+        else:
+            i += 1
+ 
+ 
+u = input('Enter first string: ')
+v = input('Enter second string: ')
+c = lcs(u, v)
+print('Longest Common Subsequence: ', end='')
+print_lcs(u, v, c)