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+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 2009 Jaroslav Hajek
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your
+option) any later version.
+
+Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, see
+<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+*/
+
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include <config.h>
+#endif
+
+#include <string>
+#include <climits>
+#include <algorithm>
+
+#include "Cell.h"
+#include "ov.h"
+#include "defun-dld.h"
+#include "unwind-prot.h"
+#include "gripes.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+
+// This allows safe indexing with char. In C++, char may be (and often is) signed!
+#define ORD(ch) static_cast<unsigned char>(ch)
+
+// This is the quick search algorithm, as described at
+// http://www-igm.univ-mlv.fr/~lecroq/string/node19.html
+static void 
+qs_preprocess (const Array<char>& needle,
+               octave_idx_type table[UCHAR_MAX])
+{
+  const char *x = needle.data ();
+  octave_idx_type m = needle.numel ();
+
+   for (octave_idx_type i = 0; i < UCHAR_MAX; i++)
+      table[i] = m + 1;
+   for (octave_idx_type i = 0; i < m; i++)
+      table[ORD(x[i])] = m - i;
+}
+
+
+static octave_value 
+qs_search (const Array<char>& needle,
+           const Array<char>& haystack,
+           const octave_idx_type table[UCHAR_MAX])
+{
+  const char *x = needle.data ();
+  octave_idx_type m = needle.numel ();
+  const char *y = haystack.data ();
+  octave_idx_type n = haystack.numel ();
+
+  std::vector<octave_idx_type> accum;
+  if (n >= m)
+    {
+      octave_idx_type j = 0;
+      while (j < n - m) {
+        if (std::equal (x, x + m, y + j))
+          accum.push_back (j);
+        j += table[ORD(y[j + m])];
+      }
+
+      if (std::equal (x, x + m, y + n - m))
+        accum.push_back (n - m);
+    }
+
+  octave_idx_type nmatch = accum.size ();
+  NoAlias<Matrix> result (std::min (1, nmatch), nmatch);
+  for (octave_idx_type i = 0; i < nmatch; i++)
+    result(i) = accum[i] + 1;
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+DEFUN_DLD (strfind, args, ,
+  "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
+@deftypefn {Loadable Function} {@var{idx} =} strfind (@var{str}, @var{pattern})\n\
+@deftypefnx {Loadable Function} {@var{idx} =} strfind (@var{cellstr}, @var{pattern})\n\
+Search for @var{pattern} in the string @var{str} and return the\n\
+starting index of every such occurrence in the vector @var{idx}.\n\
+If there is no such occurrence, or if @var{pattern} is longer\n\
+than @var{str}, then @var{idx} is the empty array @code{[]}.\n\
+\n\
+If the cell array of strings @var{cellstr} is specified instead of the\n\
+string @var{str}, then @var{idx} is a cell array of vectors, as specified\n\
+above.  Examples:\n\
+\n\
+@example\n\
+@group\n\
+strfind (\"abababa\", \"aba\")\n\
+     @result{} [1, 3, 5]\n\
+\n\
+strfind (@{\"abababa\", \"bebebe\", \"ab\"@}, \"aba\")\n\
+     @result{} ans =\n\
+        @{\n\
+          [1,1] =\n\
+\n\
+             1   3   5\n\
+\n\
+          [1,2] = [](1x0)\n\
+          [1,3] = [](1x0)\n\
+        @}\n\
+@end group\n\
+@end example\n\
+@seealso{findstr, strmatch, strcmp, strncmp, strcmpi, strncmpi, find}\n\
+@end deftypefn")
+{
+  octave_value retval;
+  int nargin = args.length ();
+
+  if (nargin == 2)
+    {
+      octave_value argstr = args(0), argp = args(1);
+      if (argp.is_string ())
+        {
+          Array<char> needle = argp.char_array_value ();
+          OCTAVE_LOCAL_BUFFER (octave_idx_type, table, UCHAR_MAX);
+          qs_preprocess (needle, table);
+
+          if (argstr.is_string ())
+            retval = qs_search (needle, argstr.char_array_value (), table);
+          else if (argstr.is_cell ())
+            {
+              const Cell argsc = argstr.cell_value ();
+              Cell retc (argsc.dims ());
+              octave_idx_type ns = argsc.numel ();
+
+              for (octave_idx_type i = 0; i < ns; i++)
+                {
+                  octave_value argse = argsc(i);
+                  if (argse.is_string ())
+                    retc(i) = qs_search (needle, argse.char_array_value (), table);
+                  else
+                    {
+                      error ("strfind: each cell element must be a string");
+                      break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+              retval = retc;
+            }
+          else
+            error ("strfind: first argument must be a string or cell array of strings");
+        }
+      else
+        error ("strfind: pattern must be a string");
+    }
+  else
+    print_usage ();
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
+/*
+
+%!error strfind ();
+%!error strfind ("foo", "bar", 1);
+%!error strfind ("foo", 100);
+%!error strfind (100, "foo");
+
+%!assert (strfind ("abababa", "aba"), [1, 3, 5]);
+%!assert (strfind ({"abababa", "bla", "bla"}, "a"), {[1, 3, 5, 7], 3, 3});
+%!assert (strfind ("Linux _is_ user-friendly. It just isn't ignorant-friendly or idiot-friendly.", "friendly"), [17, 50, 68]);
+
+*/