This Technical Note contains a collection of archived Q&A's 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.
Last reviewed: 6/14/93
What type of search algorithm is implemented by the Munger function?
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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.