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JavaScript
//assuming "b" contains a subsequence containing
//all of the letters in "a" in the same order
function getDifference(a, b)
{
var i = 0;
var j = 0;
var result = "";
while (j < b.length)
{
if (a[i] != b[j] || i == a.length)
result += b[j];
else
i++;
j++;
}
return result;
}
console.log(getDifference("test fly", "test xy flry"));