package main import "strings" func areSentencesSimilar(sentence1 string, sentence2 string) bool { checkSimilar := func(words1, words2 []string) bool { left := 0 for left < len(words1) && words1[left] == words2[left] { left++ } right1, right2 := len(words1)-1, len(words2)-1 for right1 >= 0 && words1[right1] == words2[right2] { right1-- right2-- } return right1 < left } words1 := strings.Split(sentence1, " ") words2 := strings.Split(sentence2, " ") if len(words1) > len(words2) { words1, words2 = words2, words1 } return checkSimilar(words1, words2) }