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## Travel small_str along the length of reference_str - 
## 107 matches, 92 exact in 3 seconds

my $match=0;
for my $i (0..length($reference_str)) {
   for my $j (0..length($small_str)) {
      my $ref = substr($reference_str, $i, 10); my @ref_arr = split(''
+, $ref);
      my $small = substr($small_str, $j, 10); my @small_arr = split(''
+, $small);
      ## Don't bother if you have less than (9 or) 10 left ;-)
      last if length($ref) < 10 or length($small) < 10;
      if ( equal(\@ref_arr, \@small_arr) ) {
         $match++;
         print "Found match $match: @ref_arr, @small_arr\n";
      }
   }
}
print "Final tally - $match\n";
exit(0);

sub equal {
my ($first, $second) = @_;
my $mismatch=0;
foreach my $i (0..9) {
  $mismatch++ if $first->[$i] ne $second->[$i];
  return undef if $mismatch > 1; # Bail if you have more than 1 mismat
+ch in the sequence
}
  return 1;
}

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In reply to Re: How do you match a stretch of at least N characters by paisani
in thread How do you match a stretch of at least N characters by Anonymous Monk

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