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System Software Utility Q&As

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This Technical Note contains a collection of archived Q&As relating to a specific topic--questions sent the Developer Support Center (DSC) along with answers from the DSC engineers. Current Q&A's can be found on the Macintosh Technical Q&A's web site.

[Oct 01 1990]




Toolbox Utilities' Munger function search algorithm

Date Written: 11/20/91

Last reviewed: 6/14/93

What type of search algorithm is implemented by the Munger function?

Munger implements a basic character-by-character comparison. For programs performing numerous searches on long text arrays, more advanced search algorithms have been designed to reduce processing time. Boyer-Moore is one such algorithm.


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