I'm trying to compare the characters from 2 separate strings, the idea is that i will return a value corresponding to how many characters the strings both share. for example, if string one was 'mouse' and string 2 was 'house'. They would share 4/5 characters. its important to note that they only share a character if it is in the same 'index position'

```
def compareWords(word1, word2):
    result = 0
    if word1[0] in word2[0]:
        result += 1
    if word1[1] in word2[1]:
        result += 1
    if word1[2] in word2[2]:
        result += 1
    if word1[3] in word2[3]:
        result += 1
    if word1[4] in word2[4]:
        result += 1
    if word1[5] in word2[5]:
        result += 1
        print result, '/5'

```

[![working result](https://i.stack.imgur.com/j0vOo.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/j0vOo.png)

[![non-working result](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KyHyy.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/KyHyy.png)