Search_pattern (base.Base__.String.Search

Substring search and replace functions. They use the Knuth-Morris-Pratt algorithm (KMP) under the hood.

The functions in the Search_pattern module allow the program to preprocess the searched pattern once and then use it many times without further allocations.

include sig ... end

val sexp_of_t : t ‑> Base__.Sexplib.Sexp.t

val create : string ‑> t

create pattern preprocesses pattern as per KMP, building an int array of length length pattern. All inputs are valid.

val index : ?pos:int ‑> t ‑> in_:string ‑> int option

pos < 0 or pos >= length string result in no match (hence index returns None and index_exn raises).

val index_exn : ?pos:int ‑> t ‑> in_:string ‑> int

val index_all : t ‑> may_overlap:bool ‑> in_:string ‑> int list

may_overlap determines whether after a successful match, index_all should start looking for another one at the very next position (~may_overlap:true), or jump to the end of that match and continue from there (~may_overlap:false), e.g.:

index_all (create "aaa") ~may_overlap:false ~in_:"aaaaBaaaaaa" = [0; 5; 8]
index_all (create "aaa") ~may_overlap:true ~in_:"aaaaBaaaaaa" = [0; 1; 5; 6; 7; 8]

E.g. replace_all internally calls index_all ~may_overlap:false.

val replace_first : ?pos:int ‑> t ‑> in_:string ‑> with_:string ‑> string

Note that the result of replace_all pattern ~in_:text ~with_:r may still contain pattern, e.g.


        replace_all (create "bc") ~in_:"aabbcc" ~with_:"cb" = "aabcbc"