from sys import argv, exit
import csv
import re
if len(argv) < 3:
    print("missing command line argument")

with open(argv[1],"r") as csvfile, open(argv[2],"r") as file: # arguments switched as suggested
    count = 0
    contents = file.read()
    csvcontents = csv.reader(csvfile)


    header = next(csvcontents)

    for item in header[1:]:# is there no reason to do this?
    #for item in header:
        beg = 0 # beginning index
        end = len(item) # item length
        seqrun = 0
        longest = 0
        #index = 0
        while beg + end <= len(contents):
            seqrun = 0
            while contents[beg: beg + end] == item:
                seqrun += 1
                beg += end
                if seqrun > longest:
                    longest = seqrun
            beg += 1
        print(item + " repeats " + str(longest) + "times")

        # everything above here works... adding the code below causes the program to stop after the first string of longest repeats

        for value in header:# all these embedded loops are a bit bothersome
            index = 0
            while value != item: # how else might i keep track of item?
                index += 1 # figure out which index matches the item, such that you can compare the value found in large.csv to row[index]
            for row in csvcontents:
                if row[index] == item:
                    print("possible match is named: ")
                    print(row[0])
            #for value in csvcontents: # look at all the values in csv contents
                #if csvcontents[index] == item:
                    #print("possible match is" + str(csvcontents[0]))
                    #return csvcontents[0]