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Define a function that when passed two Strings, each holding a (possibly very very long integer) as a String, returns the difference between the two numbers, as a String. You may assume that both numbers are positive (more than zero), and the first number is greater than or equal to the second. NOTE: The strings can be very very very very long so don't even try to convert them to integers.


subtract('8703575', '4876045') → '3827530'
subtract('97', '21') → '76'
subtract('13', '8') → '5'

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def subtract(a, b):

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