yadin: > How can I build up a program that tells me that this sequence > 1000028706 > 1000028707 > 1000028708 > is repeated somewhere in the column, and how can i know where?
Can such patterns nest? That is, can you have a repeated pattern made of an already seen pattern plus something else? If you don't want a complex program, then you may need to specify the problem better. You may want something like LZ77 or releated (LZ78, etc): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ77 This may have a bug: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/117226/ Bye, bearophile -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
