# C++ Program to Implement Bitap Algorithm for String Matching

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This is a C++ Program to Implement Bitap Algorithm for String Matching. The algorithm tells whether a given text contains a substring which is “approximately equal” to a given pattern, where approximate equality is defined in terms of Levenshtein distance — if the substring and pattern are within a given distance k of each other, then according to the algorithm they are equal. It begins by precomputing a set of bitmasks containing one bit for each element of the pattern. So we are able to do most of the work with bitwise operations, which are extremely fast.

## Algorithm

Begin
Take the string and pattern as input.
function bitmap_search() and it takes argument string text t and string pattern p :
Initialize the bit array A.
Update the bit array.
for i = 0 to 299
for i = 0 to m-1
p_mask[p[i]] and= ~(1L left shift i);
for i = 0 to t.length()-1
A <<= 1;
if ((A and (1L left shift m)) == 0
return i - m + 1
return -1
End

## Example Code

Live Demo

#include <string>
#include <map>
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int bitmap_search(string t, string p) {
int m = p.length();
long A = ~1;
if (m == 0)
return -1;
if (m >63) {
cout<<"Pattern is too long!";//if pattern is too long
return -1;
}
for (int i = 0; i <= 299; ++i)
for (int i = 0; i < m; ++i)
for (int i = 0; i < t.length(); ++i) {
A <<= 1;
if ((A & (1L << m)) == 0)
return i - m + 1;
}
return -1;
}

void findPattern(string t, string p) {
int position = bitmap_search(t, p);//initialize the position with the function bitmap_search
if (position == -1)
cout << "\nNo Match\n";
else
cout << "\nPattern found at position : " << position;
}

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
cout << "Enter Text:\n";
string t;
cin >>t;
cout << "Enter Pattern:\n";
string p;
cin >>p;
findPattern(t, p);
}

## Output

Enter Text:
Tutorialspoint
Enter Pattern:
point

Pattern found at position : 9
Published on 03-Apr-2019 11:27:19