z algo.cpp

// A C++ program that implements Z algorithm for pattern searching
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

void getZarr(string str, int Z[]);

// prints all occurrences of pattern in text using Z algo
void search(string text, string pattern)
{
	// Create concatenated string "P$T"
	string concat = pattern + "$" + text;
	int l = concat.length();

	// Construct Z array
	int Z[l];
	getZarr(concat, Z);

	// now looping through Z array for matching condition
	for (int i = 0; i < l; ++i)
	{
		// if Z[i] (matched region) is equal to pattern
		// length we got the pattern
		if (Z[i] == pattern.length())
			cout << "Pattern found at index "
				<< i - pattern.length() -1 << endl;
	}
}

// Fills Z array for given string str[]
void getZarr(string str, int Z[])
{
	int n = str.length();
	int L, R, k;

	// [L,R] make a window which matches with prefix of s
	L = R = 0;
	for (int i = 1; i < n; ++i)
	{
		// if i>R nothing matches so we will calculate.
		// Z[i] using naive way.
		if (i > R)
		{
			L = R = i;

			// R-L = 0 in starting, so it will start
			// checking from 0'th index. For example,
			// for "ababab" and i = 1, the value of R
			// remains 0 and Z[i] becomes 0. For string
			// "aaaaaa" and i = 1, Z[i] and R become 5
			while (R<n && str[R-L] == str[R])
				R++;
			Z[i] = R-L;
			R--;
		}
		else
		{
			// k = i-L so k corresponds to number which
			// matches in [L,R] interval.
			k = i-L;

			// if Z[k] is less than remaining interval
			// then Z[i] will be equal to Z[k].
			// For example, str = "ababab", i = 3, R = 5
			// and L = 2
			if (Z[k] < R-i+1)
				Z[i] = Z[k];

			// For example str = "aaaaaa" and i = 2, R is 5,
			// L is 0
			else
			{
				// else start from R and check manually
				L = i;
				while (R<n && str[R-L] == str[R])
					R++;
				Z[i] = R-L;
				R--;
			}
		}
	}
}

// Driver program
int main()
{
	string text = "GEEKS FOR GEEKS";
	string pattern = "GEEK";
	search(text, pattern);
	return 0;
}