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+--------------------------------pseudo code for question 1 -------------------------------------
+1)for i range(0,len(origitems))
+2)for j in range(0,len(items))
+3)if(origprices[i]==prices[j])
+4)diff=origprice-price
+5)if diff !=0 then increment count
+6)print count
+.
+
+--------------------------------pseudo code for question 2 ---------------------------------------
+
+1)for i in range(0,len(text))
+2)for j in range(0,len(preffixString))
+3)if text[i] == preffixString[j]
+4) then check for the remaining characters how many are equal and increment count
+5)store 5the characters in string1
+6) same as the above for suffixstring
+7)add both trhe values and append the both strings
+8)print the appended string