AdvancedAlgorithms.BigStringSearch.ShiftTable C# (CSharp) Method

ShiftTable() private static method

private static ShiftTable ( string pattern ) : int[]
pattern string
return int[]
        private static int[] ShiftTable(string pattern)
        {
            int[] table = new int[256];
            for (int i = 0; i < table.Length; i++)
            {
                table[i] = pattern.Length - 1;
            }

            for (int j = 0; j <= pattern.Length - 2; j++)
            {
                table[(int)pattern[j]] = pattern.Length - 1 - j;
            }
            return table;
        }