diff --git a/merge_tools.py b/merge_tools.py
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+def merge_the_tools(string, k):
+    #divide string into k length substrings
+    x = 0
+    y = k 
+    subStrs = []
+    while (y <= len(string)):
+      subStrs.append(string[x:y])
+      x += k
+      y += k
+    
+    #remove duplicates in each and print each
+    for subStr in subStrs:
+        print remove_dups(subStr)
+        
+def remove_dups(string):
+    newstr = []
+    for i in range(len(string)):
+        if string[i] not in string[:i]:
+            newstr.append(string[i])
+    newstr1 = ""
+    return newstr1.join(newstr)