text: #!/usr/bin/env python3
  # ~*~ coding: utf-8 ~*~
  
  list = ["Life", "The Universe", "Everything", "Jack", "Jill", "Life", "Jill"]
  
  # make a copy of the list. See the More on Lists chapter to explain what [:]
  # means.
  copy = list[:]
  # sort the copy
  copy.sort()
  prev = copy[0]
  del copy[0]
  
  count = 0
  
  # go through the list searching for a match
  while count < len(copy) and copy[count] != prev:
      prev = copy[count]
      count = count + 1
  
  # If a match was not found then count can't be < len
  # since the while loop continues while count is < len
  # and no match is found
  
  if count < len(copy):
      print("First Match:", prev)
  