
Abstract Given a text of length n and a pattern of length m over a finite alphabet Σ, we consider the string matching (SM) problem with variable length don't cares (VLDCs), where a VLDC (not in Σ) in the pattern can match any substring in the text. This paper presents a first time-optimal parallel SM algorithm with VLDCs. The proposed algorithm can be performed in O(1) time on an m × n mesh-connected computer with a reconfigurable bus system using O( nm ) processors. The previous fastest known parallel SM algorithm takes O(log n ) time on the EREW PRAM model with O( nm /log n ) processors.
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