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String searching algorithms (also known as string matching algorithms) are an important class of string algorithms that try to find a place where one or several strings (also called patterns) are found within a larger string or text.

Create macro to search Worksheet for list of strings and highlight the row

Can someone help me create a macro that will search an Excel worksheet for a list of 30 strings (e.g., …

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For string, find and replace

Finding some text and replacing it with new text within a C string can be a little trickier than expected. …

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How to find best fuzzy match for a string in a large string database

I have a database of strings (arbitrary length) which holds more than one million items (potentially more). I need to …

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What are the shift rules for Boyer–Moore string search algorithm?

I have been trying to understand shift rules in Boyer–Moore string search algorithm but haven't understood them. I read …

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extract strings from a binary file in python

I have a project where I am given a file and i need to extract the strings from the file. …

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what's the fastest way to scan a very large file in java?

Imagine I have a very large text file. Performance really matters. All I want to do is to scan it …

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PHP Array values in string?

I have been looking around for a while in the PHP manual and can't find any command that does what …

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Why time complexity of brute force algorithm is O(n*m)?

I am using the following brute force algorithm for searching a string inside another string. As I know, the number …

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Making MySQL IN Clause Case Sensitive

Does anyone know how I can make an IN clause behave in a case sensitive manner? I have seen that …

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