最初に、部分文字列を生成するためにitertools ペアワイズ レシピから適合されたヘルパー関数。
import itertools
def n_wise(iterable, n = 2):
'''n = 2 -> (s0,s1), (s1,s2), (s2, s3), ...
n = 3 -> (s0,s1, s2), (s1,s2, s3), (s2, s3, s4), ...'''
a = itertools.tee(iterable, n)
for x, thing in enumerate(a[1:]):
for _ in range(x+1):
next(thing, None)
return zip(*a)
次に、部分文字列を反復処理する関数が、最初に最長のものを繰り返し、メンバーシップをテストします。(効率は考慮していません)
def foo(s1, s2):
'''Finds the longest matching substring
'''
# the longest matching substring can only be as long as the shortest string
#which string is shortest?
shortest, longest = sorted([s1, s2], key = len)
#iterate over substrings, longest substrings first
for n in range(len(shortest)+1, 2, -1):
for sub in n_wise(shortest, n):
sub = ''.join(sub)
if sub in longest:
#return the first one found, it should be the longest
return sub
s = "fdomainster"
t = "exdomainid"
print(foo(s,t))
>>>
domain
>>>