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Shift-Or

(algorithm)

Definition: A string matching algorithm which keeps an array of bits, R, showing if prefixes of the pattern don't match at the current place. Before searching, mismatch arrays are computed for each character in the alphabet and saved in an array, S. For the next position, with the character c, R = shift(R) or S[c]. If the last bit of R is 0, the pattern matches.

Author: PEB

Implementation

explanation and code (C)
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Paul E. Black, "Shift-Or", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed., U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology. 17 December 2004. (accessed TODAY) Available from: http://www.nist.gov/dads/HTML/shiftOr.html

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