/* * * *Implementation of the Boyer-Moore String Search Algorithm. *The Boyer–Moore string search algorithm allows linear time in *search by skipping indices when searching inside a string for a pattern. * * * * **/ const buildBadMatchTable = (str) => { const tableObj = {} const strLength = str.length for (let i = 0; i < strLength - 1; i++) { tableObj[str[i]] = strLength - 1 - i } if (tableObj[str[strLength - 1]] === undefined) { tableObj[str[strLength - 1]] = strLength } return tableObj } const boyerMoore = (str, pattern) => { const badMatchTable = buildBadMatchTable(pattern) let offset = 0 const patternLastIndex = pattern.length - 1 const maxOffset = str.length - pattern.length // if the offset is bigger than maxOffset, cannot be found while (offset <= maxOffset) { let scanIndex = 0 while (pattern[scanIndex] === str[scanIndex + offset]) { if (scanIndex === patternLastIndex) { // found at this index return offset } scanIndex++ } const badMatchString = str[offset + patternLastIndex] if (badMatchTable[badMatchString]) { // increase the offset if it exists offset += badMatchTable[badMatchString] } else { offset++ } } return -1 } export { boyerMoore }