diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
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+# Auto detect text files and perform LF normalization
+* text=auto
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
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+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
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+{
+    "cmake.configureOnOpen": true
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/payment.py b/payment.py
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+import random 
+
+
+# function to generate 
+# a random string 
+def generateOne(strlen): 
+	
+	# string with all the alphabets 
+	# and a space 
+	alphabet = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz "
+	res ="" 
+	
+	for i in range(strlen): 
+		res+= alphabet[random.randrange(27)] 
+		
+	return res 
+
+# function to determine the 
+# score of the generated string 
+def score(goal, testString): 
+	numSame = 0
+	
+	for i in range(len(goal)): 
+		if goal[i] == testString[i]: 
+			numSame+= 1
+			
+	return numSame / len(goal) 
+
+# main function to call the previous 
+# two functions until the goal is achieved 
+def main(): 
+	goalString = "a computer science portal for geeks"
+	newString = generateOne(35) 
+	best = 0
+	newScore = score(goalString, newString) 
+	
+	while newScore<1: 
+		if newScore>best: 
+			print(newString) 
+			best = newScore 
+		newString = generateOne(35) 
+		newScore = score(goalString, newString) 
+
+# Driver code 
+main()