sub LCS$(a$, b$) if len(a$) = 0 or len(b$) = 0 return while len(b$) for j = len(b$) to 1 step -1 if instr(a$, left$(b$, j)) return left$(b$, j) next j b$ = mid$(b$, 2) wend end sub print LCS$("thisisatest", "testing123testing") end