use strict; use warnings; my ($s1, $s2); for (1..10000) { $s1 .= ('A'..'Z')[rand 26]; } for (1..10000) { $s2 .= ('A'..'Z')[rand 26]; } print longest($s1, $s2); sub longest { my ($s1, $s2) = @_; my (@s1, @s2, $p1, $p2, $c, $r, $max); @s1 = sortpos($s1); @s2 = sortpos($s2); $p1 = 0; $p2 = 0; $max = 0; while ($p1 <= $#s1 && $p2 <= $#s2) { $c = match($s1, $s1[$p1], $s2, $s2[$p2]); if ($c > $max) { $r = substr($s1, $s1[$p1], $c); $max = $c; } if ((substr($s1, $s1[$p1]) cmp substr($s2, $s2[$p2])) == -1) { $p1++; } else { $p2++; } } return $r; } sub match { my $p1 = $_[1]; my $p2 = $_[3]; my $max = length($_[0]) - $p1 < length($_[2]) - $p2 ? (length($_[0]) - $p1 - 1) : (length($_[2]) - $p2 - 1); my $c = 0; for (0..$max) { last if substr($_[0], ($p1 + $_), 1) ne substr($_[2], ($p2 + $_), 1); $c++; } return $c; } sub sortpos { my $s = $_[0]; return sort { substr($s, $a) cmp substr($s, $b) } 0..(length($s)-1); }