About the Applet (Animation of the Boyer/Moore Algorithm)

"Animation of the Boyer/Moore Algorithm"

This applet animates the execution of divers exact stringmatching algorithms. At the time the following algorithms are supported:

When the algorithm terminates, statistical information (matches, number of charakter comparisons) is shown.

To watch an animated stringmatching-algorithm, do:

Select an algorithm in the 'Choose Algorithm' selection list.
Use the 'Pattern' text field to specify the string you want to search for.
Now define the text you want to search, you may
- load a text from the http server 'www.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de'. For example: To load the file 'http://www.informatik.uni-tuebingen.de/~buehler/BM/foo.txt' just type ~buehler/BM/foo.txt in the 'URL' text field an press the corresponding 'Load' button,
- select your favorite example text int the 'Text' selection list and press the corresponding 'Load' button,
- select the kind of text you want to generate in the 'Text' selection list and press the 'Generate' button,
- or just write some text in the text field.
The control panel can be found at the bottom of the applet:
- 'Animation Speed' sets the speed of the animation,
- 'Go' starts the animation,
- 'Reset' stops the animation,
- 'Help' shows this help in an applet window.

This applet was programmed by Dieter Bühler in july '97
email: buehler@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de