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Add Rabin-Karp String Matching Algorithm (#13918)
Add Rabin–Karp String Matching Algorithm (Fixes #13918)
This pull request adds the Rabin–Karp String Matching Algorithm to the strings/ directory. Rabin–Karp is an important string-searching technique that uses rolling hash to efficiently detect pattern matches, especially useful for multiple-pattern search.
This implementation includes:
✔ Single Pattern Matching
Rolling hash–based substring search
Collision detection and verification
Efficient sliding-window hashing
✔ Multiple Pattern Matching
Groups patterns by length
Computes all pattern hashes once
Scans the text only a single time
Returns match indices for all patterns
✔ Optimized Version
Variant using a large prime modulus (1_000_000_007)
Significantly reduces hash collisions
✔ Documentation & Doctests
Full type hints
Comprehensive doctests
Examples covering edge cases: empty inputs, overlapping matches, collisions, no matches
Reference
Rabin–Karp Algorithm — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabin%E2%80%93Karp_algorithm
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Add an algorithm?
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Add or change doctests?
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Checklist:
I have read CONTRIBUTING.md .
This pull request is all my own work -- I have not plagiarized.
I know that pull requests will not be merged if they fail the automated tests.
This PR only changes one algorithm file.
All new Python files are placed inside an existing directory.
All filenames are in all lowercase characters with no spaces or dashes.
All functions and variable names follow Python naming conventions.
All function parameters and return values are annotated with Python type hints.
All functions have doctests that pass the automated testing.
All new algorithms include at least one URL that points to Wikipedia or similar explanation.
This pull request resolves the issue with a closing keyword: Fixes #13918.
@devdandekar24 could you please review this PR, i appreciate your work!