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+# Plagiarism Detector
+This script helps to detect the amount (percentage) of similarity between 2 files .
+
+## Input
+It takes paths of 2 files you want to compare as input
+
+## Output
+It returns the percentage of similarity between the 2 files
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+from difflib import SequenceMatcher
+
+def similarity_per(f1,f2):
+    with open(f1,errors="ignore") as file1,open(f2,errors="ignore") as file2:
+        file1_data=file1.read()
+        file2_data=file2.read()
+        similarity=SequenceMatcher(None,file1_data,file2_data).ratio()
+        print(f"these 2 files are {similarity*100} % similar")
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    f1=input("file 1 path :")
+    f2=input("file 2 path :")
+    similarity_per(f1,f2)
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 |[Folder Locker and hider](https://github.com/hastagAB/Awesome-Python-Scripts/tree/master/Folder%20Locker%20%26%20Hider)|[Prajjwal Pathak](https://github.com/pyguru123)|
 |[Image Compressor](https://github.com/hastagAB/Awesome-Python-Scripts/tree/master/Image_Compressor)|[Prathima Kadari](https://github.com/prathimacode-hub)|
 |[Test Your Internet Speed](https://github.com/hastagAB/Awesome-Python-Scripts/tree/master/TestMyInternetSpeed)|[TheSmartDeveloperr](https://github.com/thesmartdeveloperr)|
+|[Plagiarism_detector](https://github.com/hastagAB/Awesome-Python-Scripts/tree/master/Plagiarism_detector)|[Akshita Singhal](https://github.com/akshitasinghal4444)|
 
 ## How to use :