// Initialisation of strings algorithm Z function // detailed review and proper examples can be seen on the link bewlow // // Link of algorithm review: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/z-algorithm-linear-time-pattern-searching-algorithm/ package Strings; public class ZFunction { private String string; public ZFunction(String string){ this.string = string; } public int[] getArray(){ int length = string.length(); int[] z = new int[length]; int l = 0, r = 0; for (int i=0; i l && i <= r){ z[i] = Math.min(z[i - l], r - i + 1); } while (i + z[i] < length && string.charAt(z[i]) == string.charAt(i + z[i])){ z[i]++; } if (i + z[i] > r){ l = i; r = i + z[i] - 1; } } return z; } }