fenrir

txt = "Next, use short sentences, because grandma, like anyone of us, if you make very long sentences, she gets to the end and she can't remember what you said in the beginning, anymore."
try:
    A = txt.index("remember")
    B = txt.index("grandma")
    if int(A) - int(B) < 0:
        print('Слово A находится до слова B')
    else:
        print('Слово A находится после слова B')
except ValueError:
    print('Не найдено как минимум одно из слов в строке')

import re

data = 'ZZYYXYYXZXZXZYXYYXZYZYYZYZZXYYZZXYXYZYZXYZXYZYZXZYZZZZYYZYXYXXXZYXZXYYXXYYYXXZZYYYZXZZZYXXXX'

len(list(filter(lambda x: len(x)==2, re.findall('X+', data))))
# 2

import heapq
a = [1, 11, 23, 41]
largest = heapq.nlargest(2, a)   #[23,41]
smallest =heapq.nsmallest(2, a)  #[1,11]