>>>>> "A" == Andrew Pimlott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: A> On Fri, Feb 15, 2002 at 01:37:15AM -0500, Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan wrote: >> Except that you are forced to find a 2-character match, which means you >> end up skipping a POTENTIAL 3-character-or-more match.
A> Due to the while loop, we will keep looking for longer matches. A> Otherwise, your version would have a similar bug, finding earlier, A> shorter matches. No offense, but did you try it without the comma? It doesn't work. If you get a 2-character match, the regex engine gains a new starting point for the 3-character match. Thus throwing away the 2 characters that just matched. If they are part of the lcs, you just lost part of your answer. Hope you have a very nice day, :-) Tim Ayers ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
