"""
Bitap exact string matching
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitap_algorithm
Searches for a pattern inside text, and returns the index of the first occurrence
of the pattern. Both text and pattern consist of lowercase alphabetical characters only.
Complexity: O(m*n)
n = length of text
m = length of pattern
Python doctests can be run using this command:
python3 -m doctest -v bitap_string_match.py
"""
def bitap_string_match(text: str, pattern: str) -> int:
"""
Retrieves the index of the first occurrence of pattern in text.
Args:
text: A string consisting only of lowercase alphabetical characters.
pattern: A string consisting only of lowercase alphabetical characters.
Returns:
int: The index where pattern first occurs. Return -1 if not found.
>>> bitap_string_match('abdabababc', 'ababc')
5
>>> bitap_string_match('aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa', 'a')
0
>>> bitap_string_match('zxywsijdfosdfnso', 'zxywsijdfosdfnso')
0
>>> bitap_string_match('abdabababc', '')
0
>>> bitap_string_match('abdabababc', 'c')
9
>>> bitap_string_match('abdabababc', 'fofosdfo')
-1
>>> bitap_string_match('abdab', 'fofosdfo')
-1
"""
if not pattern:
return 0
m = len(pattern)
if m > len(text):
return -1
state = ~1
pattern_mask: list[int] = [~0] * 27
for i, char in enumerate(pattern):
pattern_index: int = ord(char) - ord("a")
pattern_mask[pattern_index] &= ~(1 << i)
for i, char in enumerate(text):
text_index = ord(char) - ord("a")
state |= pattern_mask[text_index]
state <<= 1
if (state & (1 << m)) == 0:
return i - m + 1
return -1
if __name__ == "__main__":
import doctest
doctest.testmod()