#!/usr/bin/python

def is_equal(s1, s2):
    '''
    Returns true if the strings s1 and s2 encode the same information.
    '''
    if len(s1) != len(s2):
        return False

    for (x,y) in zip(s1,s2):
        if x != y:
            return False

    return True

target, strs = "abc", [ "ab", "abc", "abcd", "bbc", "abe" ]
for s in strs:
    print("{} == {} ? {}".format(target,s,is_equal(target,s)))