Monday, March 12, 2012

Substring Matching Algorithm : BMH


/**
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problem :
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- find all occurrences of a provided pattern(sub-string) in a given text. 
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input :
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- unsigned char* text : the text string to be searched.
- int n : length of text string.
- unsigned char* pattern : the pattern(sub-string) to be searched in the text.        
- int m : length of pattern.
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output :
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- all position within text from where the pattern can be found.
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constraints :
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- for each element or letter 't' of text : 0 <= t <= 254.
- for each element or letter 'p' of pattern : 0 <= p <= 254.
- text of pattern cannot contain any letter or element with value 255. 
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/**/
 
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------
#include <iostream>
#include <conio.h>

#define MAX_ALPHABET_SIZE 256
#define CHARACTER_NOT_IN_THE_TEXT 255

void boyer_moore_horspool(unsigned char* text, int n, unsigned char* pattern, int m)
{
 int d[MAX_ALPHABET_SIZE], i, j, k, lim;

 // Preprocessing
 for(k = 0; k < MAX_ALPHABET_SIZE; ++k) 
 {
  d[k] = m; 
 }

 for(k = 0; k < m; ++k )
 {
  d[pattern[k]] = m - k;
 }

 // To avoid having code
 pattern[m] = CHARACTER_NOT_IN_THE_TEXT; 

 lim = n - m;

 // Searching
 for(k = 0; k <= lim; k += d[text[k + m]]) 
 {
  i = k;
  j = 0;
  while(text[i] == pattern[j])
  {
   ++i;
   ++j;
  }

  if(j == m)
  {
   cout << "pattern found in text at position : " << k << endl;
   if( (k + (m<<1)) >= n)
   {
    break;
   }
  }
 }
}
//-------------------------------------------------------------------------

/**
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solution :
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- complexity : 
average case = O(n) , O(length of text, n).
worst case = O(nm), O([length of text:n]*[length of pattern:m]). 
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/**/


void main()
{
//positions.....012345678901234567890
 char text[] = "ZZACCABCDBDABCDABCDQQ";
 char pattern[] = "ABCD";
 boyer_moore_horspool(text, strlen(text), pattern, strlen(pattern));

 getch();
}

/**
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output :
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pattern found in text at position : 5
pattern found in text at position : 11
pattern found in text at position : 15
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/**/
Have used the above code from the following link :
Boyer-Moore-Horspool Algorithm

Friday, March 9, 2012

Substring Matching Algorithm : KMP

Here is the link to a good algorithm for finding all occurrences
of a sub-string(or pattern) in a given text(or string).

Knuth-Morris-Pratt Algorithm.