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+-----------------------Pseudo code for  question 1:---------------------------------
+
+  for i in items:
+    index0=index(i)
+   if i in origItems
+      index1=index(i)
+   if prices[index0]==origPrices[index1]
+      count++
+
+ return count
+
+
+-----------Pseudo code for question 2:-----------------------------------------------
+
+ for i in prefixString
+   index0=index(i)
+   if i in text 
+   index1 =index(i)
+    if text[index1]==prefixString[index0]
+       pcount++
+      repeat line 17 and 18 until test[index1]==prefixString[index0]
+
+  similarly calculate the suffix count
+
+  sum=pcount+suffixcount
+
+ return(text[0:sum])
+