where NOT all, but more than 90% of the small string is included in the bi string

Hm. Your sample does not demonstrate that. The best match is 12.01% (at offset 575).

The simplest (and fastest pure Perl) method is to use bitwise-xor masking at each of the possible offsets and the count the number of nulls (zero-bytes) in the result. Here is code that demonstrates that:

#! perl -slw use strict; my $bigstring="MNRIYSLRYSAVARGFIAVSEFARKCVHKSVRRLCFPVLLLIPVLFSAGSLAGTV +NNELGYQLFRDFAENKGMFRPGATNIAIYNKQGEFVGTLDKAAMPDFSAVDSEIGVATLINPQYIASVK +HNGGYTNVSFGDGENRYNIVDRNNAPSLDFHAPRLDKLVTEVAPTAVTAQGAVAGAYLDKERYPVFYRL +GSGTQYIKDSNGQLTKMGGAYSWLTGGTVGSLSSYQNGEMISTSSGLVFDYKLNGAMPIYGEAGDSGSP +LFAFDTVQNKWVLVGVLTAGNGAGGRGNNWAVIPLDFIGQKFNEDNDAPVTFRTSEGGALEWSFNSSTG +AGALTQGTTTYAMHGQQGNDLNAGKNLIFQGQNGQINLKDSVSQGAGSLTFRDNYTVTTSNGSTWTGAG +IVVDNGVSVNWQVNGVKGDNLHKIGEGTLTVQGTGINEGGLKVGDGKVVLNQQADNKGQVQAFSSVNIA +SGRPTVVLTDERQVNPDTVSWGYRGGTLDVNGNSLTFHQLKAADYGAVLANNVDKRATITLDYALRADK +VALNGWSESGKGTAGNLYKYNNPYTNTTDYFILKQSTYGYFPTDQSSNATWEFVGHSQGDAQKLVADRF +NTAGYLFHGQLKGNLNVDNRLPEGVTGALVMDGAADISGTFTQENGRLTLQGHPVIHAYNTQSVADKLA +ASGDHSVLTQPTSFSQEDWENRSFTFDRLSLKNTDFGLGRNATLNTTIQADNSSVTLGDSRVFIDKNDG +QGTAFTLEEGTSVATKDADKSVFNGTVNLDNQSVLNINDIFNGGIQANNSTVNISSDSAVLGNSTLTST +ALNLNKGANALASQSFVSDGPVNISDATLSLNSRPDEVSHTLLPVYDYAGSWNLKGDDARLNVGPYSML +SGNINVQDKGTVTLGGEGELSPDLTLQNQMLYSLFNGYRNIWSGSLNAPDATVSMTDTQWSMNGNSTAG +NMKLNRTIVGFNGGTSPFTTLTTDNLDAVQSAFVMRTDLNKADKLVINKSATGHDNSIWVNFLKKPSNK +DTLDIPLVSAPEATADNLFRASTRVVGFSDVTPILSVRKEDGKKEWVLDGYQVARNDGQGKAAATFMHI +SYNNFITEVNNLNKRMGDLRDINGEAGTWVRLLNGSGSADGGFTDHYTLLQMGADRKHELGSMDLFTGV +MATYTDTDASADLYSGKTKSWGGGFYASGLFRSGAYFDVIAKYIHNENKYDLNFAGAGKQNFRSHSLYA +GAEVGYRYHLTDTTFVEPQAELVWGRLQGQTFNWNDSGMDVSMRRNSVNPLVGRTGVVSGKTFSGKDWS +LTARAGLHYEFDLTDSADVHLKDAAGEHQINGRKDSRMLYGVGLNARFGDNTRLGLEVERSAFGKYNTD +DAINANIRYSF"; my $smallstring="GTMARNDGQGKAAATFMHISYNNFITEVDNLNKRMGDLRDINGEAGTWVRLLN +GSGSADGGFTDHYTLLQMGADRKHELGSMDLFTGVMATYTDTDASADLYSGKTKSWGGGFYASGLFRSG +AYFDVIAKYIHNENKYDLNFAGAGKQNFRSHSLYAGAEVGYRYHLTDTTFVEPQAELVWGRLQGQTFNW +NDSGMDVSMRRNSVNPLVGRTGVVSGKTFSGKDWSLTARAGLHYEFDLTDSADVHLKDAAGEHQINGRK +DSRMLYGVGLNARFGDNTRLGLEVERSAFGKYNTDDAINANIRYSFLE"; my $lenBig = length $bigstring; my $lenSmall = length $smallstring; for my $o ( 0 .. ( $lenBig - $lenSmall + 1 ) ) { my $masked = substr( $bigstring, $o, $lenSmall ) ^ $smallstring; my $matched = $masked =~ tr[\0][]; if( ( $matched / $lenSmall ) > 0.10 ) { $masked =~ tr[\1-\255][ ]; $masked =~ tr[\0][*]; printf "%.2f%% match at offset %u\n", $matched / $lenSmall * 1 +00, $o; print substr $bigstring, $o, $lenSmall; print $smallstring; print $masked; } }

The output:

C:\test>1070240.pl 10.06% match at offset 50 LAGTVNNELGYQLFRDFAENKGMFRPGATNIAIYNKQGEFVGTLDKAAMPDFSAVDSEIGVATLINPQYI +ASVKHNGGYTNVSFGDGENRYNIVDRNNAPSLDFHAPRLDKLVTEVAPTAVTAQGAVAGAYLDKERYPV +FYRLGSGTQYIKDSNGQLTKMGGAYSWLTGGTVGSLSSYQNGEMISTSSGLVFDYKLNGAMPIYGEAGD +SGSPLFAFDTVQNKWVLVGVLTAGNGAGGRGNNWAVIPLDFIGQKFNEDNDAPVTFRTSEGGALEWSFN +SSTGAGALTQGTTTYAMHGQQGNDLNAGKNL GTMARNDGQGKAAATFMHISYNNFITEVDNLNKRMGDLRDINGEAGTWVRLLNGSGSADGGFTDHYTLLQ +MGADRKHELGSMDLFTGVMATYTDTDASADLYSGKTKSWGGGFYASGLFRSGAYFDVIAKYIHNENKYD +LNFAGAGKQNFRSHSLYAGAEVGYRYHLTDTTFVEPQAELVWGRLQGQTFNWNDSGMDVSMRRNSVNPL +VGRTGVVSGKTFSGKDWSLTARAGLHYEFDLTDSADVHLKDAAGEHQINGRKDSRMLYGVGLNARFGDN +TRLGLEVERSAFGKYNTDDAINANIRYSFLE * * * * * * * + * * * * * * + * * * * ** * * * + * ** * * * * + * * 10.06% match at offset 143 VDRNNAPSLDFHAPRLDKLVTEVAPTAVTAQGAVAGAYLDKERYPVFYRLGSGTQYIKDSNGQLTKMGGA +YSWLTGGTVGSLSSYQNGEMISTSSGLVFDYKLNGAMPIYGEAGDSGSPLFAFDTVQNKWVLVGVLTAG +NGAGGRGNNWAVIPLDFIGQKFNEDNDAPVTFRTSEGGALEWSFNSSTGAGALTQGTTTYAMHGQQGND +LNAGKNLIFQGQNGQINLKDSVSQGAGSLTFRDNYTVTTSNGSTWTGAGIVVDNGVSVNWQVNGVKGDN +LHKIGEGTLTVQGTGINEGGLKVGDGKVVLN GTMARNDGQGKAAATFMHISYNNFITEVDNLNKRMGDLRDINGEAGTWVRLLNGSGSADGGFTDHYTLLQ +MGADRKHELGSMDLFTGVMATYTDTDASADLYSGKTKSWGGGFYASGLFRSGAYFDVIAKYIHNENKYD +LNFAGAGKQNFRSHSLYAGAEVGYRYHLTDTTFVEPQAELVWGRLQGQTFNWNDSGMDVSMRRNSVNPL +VGRTGVVSGKTFSGKDWSLTARAGLHYEFDLTDSADVHLKDAAGEHQINGRKDSRMLYGVGLNARFGDN +TRLGLEVERSAFGKYNTDDAINANIRYSFLE * * * * * * + ** * * * ** + * * * * * * * + * * * * * *** + * * * 10.71% match at offset 211 GAYSWLTGGTVGSLSSYQNGEMISTSSGLVFDYKLNGAMPIYGEAGDSGSPLFAFDTVQNKWVLVGVLTA +GNGAGGRGNNWAVIPLDFIGQKFNEDNDAPVTFRTSEGGALEWSFNSSTGAGALTQGTTTYAMHGQQGN +DLNAGKNLIFQGQNGQINLKDSVSQGAGSLTFRDNYTVTTSNGSTWTGAGIVVDNGVSVNWQVNGVKGD +NLHKIGEGTLTVQGTGINEGGLKVGDGKVVLNQQADNKGQVQAFSSVNIASGRPTVVLTDERQVNPDTV +SWGYRGGTLDVNGNSLTFHQLKAADYGAVLA GTMARNDGQGKAAATFMHISYNNFITEVDNLNKRMGDLRDINGEAGTWVRLLNGSGSADGGFTDHYTLLQ +MGADRKHELGSMDLFTGVMATYTDTDASADLYSGKTKSWGGGFYASGLFRSGAYFDVIAKYIHNENKYD +LNFAGAGKQNFRSHSLYAGAEVGYRYHLTDTTFVEPQAELVWGRLQGQTFNWNDSGMDVSMRRNSVNPL +VGRTGVVSGKTFSGKDWSLTARAGLHYEFDLTDSADVHLKDAAGEHQINGRKDSRMLYGVGLNARFGDN +TRLGLEVERSAFGKYNTDDAINANIRYSFLE * * * **** * * + * * ** * + ** * * * * * * * + * * * ** * + * * * * 11.04% match at offset 227 YQNGEMISTSSGLVFDYKLNGAMPIYGEAGDSGSPLFAFDTVQNKWVLVGVLTAGNGAGGRGNNWAVIPL +DFIGQKFNEDNDAPVTFRTSEGGALEWSFNSSTGAGALTQGTTTYAMHGQQGNDLNAGKNLIFQGQNGQ +INLKDSVSQGAGSLTFRDNYTVTTSNGSTWTGAGIVVDNGVSVNWQVNGVKGDNLHKIGEGTLTVQGTG +INEGGLKVGDGKVVLNQQADNKGQVQAFSSVNIASGRPTVVLTDERQVNPDTVSWGYRGGTLDVNGNSL +TFHQLKAADYGAVLANNVDKRATITLDYALR GTMARNDGQGKAAATFMHISYNNFITEVDNLNKRMGDLRDINGEAGTWVRLLNGSGSADGGFTDHYTLLQ +MGADRKHELGSMDLFTGVMATYTDTDASADLYSGKTKSWGGGFYASGLFRSGAYFDVIAKYIHNENKYD +LNFAGAGKQNFRSHSLYAGAEVGYRYHLTDTTFVEPQAELVWGRLQGQTFNWNDSGMDVSMRRNSVNPL +VGRTGVVSGKTFSGKDWSLTARAGLHYEFDLTDSADVHLKDAAGEHQINGRKDSRMLYGVGLNARFGDN +TRLGLEVERSAFGKYNTDDAINANIRYSFLE * * * * * * + * * * * * * * + * * * * * * * * + * * * * * * * * +* * * * * 11.69% match at offset 276 GVLTAGNGAGGRGNNWAVIPLDFIGQKFNEDNDAPVTFRTSEGGALEWSFNSSTGAGALTQGTTTYAMHG +QQGNDLNAGKNLIFQGQNGQINLKDSVSQGAGSLTFRDNYTVTTSNGSTWTGAGIVVDNGVSVNWQVNG +VKGDNLHKIGEGTLTVQGTGINEGGLKVGDGKVVLNQQADNKGQVQAFSSVNIASGRPTVVLTDERQVN +PDTVSWGYRGGTLDVNGNSLTFHQLKAADYGAVLANNVDKRATITLDYALRADKVALNGWSESGKGTAG +NLYKYNNPYTNTTDYFILKQSTYGYFPTDQS GTMARNDGQGKAAATFMHISYNNFITEVDNLNKRMGDLRDINGEAGTWVRLLNGSGSADGGFTDHYTLLQ +MGADRKHELGSMDLFTGVMATYTDTDASADLYSGKTKSWGGGFYASGLFRSGAYFDVIAKYIHNENKYD +LNFAGAGKQNFRSHSLYAGAEVGYRYHLTDTTFVEPQAELVWGRLQGQTFNWNDSGMDVSMRRNSVNPL +VGRTGVVSGKTFSGKDWSLTARAGLHYEFDLTDSADVHLKDAAGEHQINGRKDSRMLYGVGLNARFGDN +TRLGLEVERSAFGKYNTDDAINANIRYSFLE * * * * * * * * * * * * + * * * ** * * + * * * * * * ** + * * * * * * * * + * 11.04% match at offset 310 PVTFRTSEGGALEWSFNSSTGAGALTQGTTTYAMHGQQGNDLNAGKNLIFQGQNGQINLKDSVSQGAGSL +TFRDNYTVTTSNGSTWTGAGIVVDNGVSVNWQVNGVKGDNLHKIGEGTLTVQGTGINEGGLKVGDGKVV +LNQQADNKGQVQAFSSVNIASGRPTVVLTDERQVNPDTVSWGYRGGTLDVNGNSLTFHQLKAADYGAVL +ANNVDKRATITLDYALRADKVALNGWSESGKGTAGNLYKYNNPYTNTTDYFILKQSTYGYFPTDQSSNA +TWEFVGHSQGDAQKLVADRFNTAGYLFHGQL GTMARNDGQGKAAATFMHISYNNFITEVDNLNKRMGDLRDINGEAGTWVRLLNGSGSADGGFTDHYTLLQ +MGADRKHELGSMDLFTGVMATYTDTDASADLYSGKTKSWGGGFYASGLFRSGAYFDVIAKYIHNENKYD +LNFAGAGKQNFRSHSLYAGAEVGYRYHLTDTTFVEPQAELVWGRLQGQTFNWNDSGMDVSMRRNSVNPL +VGRTGVVSGKTFSGKDWSLTARAGLHYEFDLTDSADVHLKDAAGEHQINGRKDSRMLYGVGLNARFGDN +TRLGLEVERSAFGKYNTDDAINANIRYSFLE * * * * * + * * * * * * * +** * * * *** * * * * * * + * * ** +* * * * 10.06% match at offset 536 DKVALNGWSESGKGTAGNLYKYNNPYTNTTDYFILKQSTYGYFPTDQSSNATWEFVGHSQGDAQKLVADR +FNTAGYLFHGQLKGNLNVDNRLPEGVTGALVMDGAADISGTFTQENGRLTLQGHPVIHAYNTQSVADKL +AASGDHSVLTQPTSFSQEDWENRSFTFDRLSLKNTDFGLGRNATLNTTIQADNSSVTLGDSRVFIDKND +GQGTAFTLEEGTSVATKDADKSVFNGTVNLDNQSVLNINDIFNGGIQANNSTVNISSDSAVLGNSTLTS +TALNLNKGANALASQSFVSDGPVNISDATLS GTMARNDGQGKAAATFMHISYNNFITEVDNLNKRMGDLRDINGEAGTWVRLLNGSGSADGGFTDHYTLLQ +MGADRKHELGSMDLFTGVMATYTDTDASADLYSGKTKSWGGGFYASGLFRSGAYFDVIAKYIHNENKYD +LNFAGAGKQNFRSHSLYAGAEVGYRYHLTDTTFVEPQAELVWGRLQGQTFNWNDSGMDVSMRRNSVNPL +VGRTGVVSGKTFSGKDWSLTARAGLHYEFDLTDSADVHLKDAAGEHQINGRKDSRMLYGVGLNARFGDN +TRLGLEVERSAFGKYNTDDAINANIRYSFLE * * * * * + * * * * * * * + * * * * * + * * * * * * * +* * * * ** * 12.01% match at offset 575 YGYFPTDQSSNATWEFVGHSQGDAQKLVADRFNTAGYLFHGQLKGNLNVDNRLPEGVTGALVMDGAADIS +GTFTQENGRLTLQGHPVIHAYNTQSVADKLAASGDHSVLTQPTSFSQEDWENRSFTFDRLSLKNTDFGL +GRNATLNTTIQADNSSVTLGDSRVFIDKNDGQGTAFTLEEGTSVATKDADKSVFNGTVNLDNQSVLNIN +DIFNGGIQANNSTVNISSDSAVLGNSTLTSTALNLNKGANALASQSFVSDGPVNISDATLSLNSRPDEV +SHTLLPVYDYAGSWNLKGDDARLNVGPYSML GTMARNDGQGKAAATFMHISYNNFITEVDNLNKRMGDLRDINGEAGTWVRLLNGSGSADGGFTDHYTLLQ +MGADRKHELGSMDLFTGVMATYTDTDASADLYSGKTKSWGGGFYASGLFRSGAYFDVIAKYIHNENKYD +LNFAGAGKQNFRSHSLYAGAEVGYRYHLTDTTFVEPQAELVWGRLQGQTFNWNDSGMDVSMRRNSVNPL +VGRTGVVSGKTFSGKDWSLTARAGLHYEFDLTDSADVHLKDAAGEHQINGRKDSRMLYGVGLNARFGDN +TRLGLEVERSAFGKYNTDDAINANIRYSFLE * * * * * * * * * * + * * * ** * * * + * * * * * * + * * * * * ** * + * * * * * 10.06% match at offset 813 TALNLNKGANALASQSFVSDGPVNISDATLSLNSRPDEVSHTLLPVYDYAGSWNLKGDDARLNVGPYSML +SGNINVQDKGTVTLGGEGELSPDLTLQNQMLYSLFNGYRNIWSGSLNAPDATVSMTDTQWSMNGNSTAG +NMKLNRTIVGFNGGTSPFTTLTTDNLDAVQSAFVMRTDLNKADKLVINKSATGHDNSIWVNFLKKPSNK +DTLDIPLVSAPEATADNLFRASTRVVGFSDVTPILSVRKEDGKKEWVLDGYQVARNDGQGKAAATFMHI +SYNNFITEVNNLNKRMGDLRDINGEAGTWVR GTMARNDGQGKAAATFMHISYNNFITEVDNLNKRMGDLRDINGEAGTWVRLLNGSGSADGGFTDHYTLLQ +MGADRKHELGSMDLFTGVMATYTDTDASADLYSGKTKSWGGGFYASGLFRSGAYFDVIAKYIHNENKYD +LNFAGAGKQNFRSHSLYAGAEVGYRYHLTDTTFVEPQAELVWGRLQGQTFNWNDSGMDVSMRRNSVNPL +VGRTGVVSGKTFSGKDWSLTARAGLHYEFDLTDSADVHLKDAAGEHQINGRKDSRMLYGVGLNARFGDN +TRLGLEVERSAFGKYNTDDAINANIRYSFLE * * * * * * + * * * * *** + * ** * + * * * * * * * * * * * + * * * 11.69% match at offset 970 TTLTTDNLDAVQSAFVMRTDLNKADKLVINKSATGHDNSIWVNFLKKPSNKDTLDIPLVSAPEATADNLF +RASTRVVGFSDVTPILSVRKEDGKKEWVLDGYQVARNDGQGKAAATFMHISYNNFITEVNNLNKRMGDL +RDINGEAGTWVRLLNGSGSADGGFTDHYTLLQMGADRKHELGSMDLFTGVMATYTDTDASADLYSGKTK +SWGGGFYASGLFRSGAYFDVIAKYIHNENKYDLNFAGAGKQNFRSHSLYAGAEVGYRYHLTDTTFVEPQ +AELVWGRLQGQTFNWNDSGMDVSMRRNSVNP GTMARNDGQGKAAATFMHISYNNFITEVDNLNKRMGDLRDINGEAGTWVRLLNGSGSADGGFTDHYTLLQ +MGADRKHELGSMDLFTGVMATYTDTDASADLYSGKTKSWGGGFYASGLFRSGAYFDVIAKYIHNENKYD +LNFAGAGKQNFRSHSLYAGAEVGYRYHLTDTTFVEPQAELVWGRLQGQTFNWNDSGMDVSMRRNSVNPL +VGRTGVVSGKTFSGKDWSLTARAGLHYEFDLTDSADVHLKDAAGEHQINGRKDSRMLYGVGLNARFGDN +TRLGLEVERSAFGKYNTDDAINANIRYSFLE * * * * * * * * + * * * * * * * * + * * * * * * * * * + * * * * * * * + * * * * 10.06% match at offset 1054 ILSVRKEDGKKEWVLDGYQVARNDGQGKAAATFMHISYNNFITEVNNLNKRMGDLRDINGEAGTWVRLLN +GSGSADGGFTDHYTLLQMGADRKHELGSMDLFTGVMATYTDTDASADLYSGKTKSWGGGFYASGLFRSG +AYFDVIAKYIHNENKYDLNFAGAGKQNFRSHSLYAGAEVGYRYHLTDTTFVEPQAELVWGRLQGQTFNW +NDSGMDVSMRRNSVNPLVGRTGVVSGKTFSGKDWSLTARAGLHYEFDLTDSADVHLKDAAGEHQINGRK +DSRMLYGVGLNARFGDNTRLGLEVERSAFGK GTMARNDGQGKAAATFMHISYNNFITEVDNLNKRMGDLRDINGEAGTWVRLLNGSGSADGGFTDHYTLLQ +MGADRKHELGSMDLFTGVMATYTDTDASADLYSGKTKSWGGGFYASGLFRSGAYFDVIAKYIHNENKYD +LNFAGAGKQNFRSHSLYAGAEVGYRYHLTDTTFVEPQAELVWGRLQGQTFNWNDSGMDVSMRRNSVNPL +VGRTGVVSGKTFSGKDWSLTARAGLHYEFDLTDSADVHLKDAAGEHQINGRKDSRMLYGVGLNARFGDN +TRLGLEVERSAFGKYNTDDAINANIRYSFLE * * * * * ** + * * ** * * * + * * * ** + ** * * * * * * * + * * *

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