Manacher's algorithm (algorithm to find longest palindrome substring in linear time)

Question

After spending about 6-8 hours trying to digest the Manacher\'s algorithm, I am ready to throw in the towel. But before I do, here is one last shot in the dark: can anyone e

Answer 1

class Palindrome
{
    private int center;
    private int radius;

    public Palindrome(int center, int radius)
    {
        if (radius < 0 || radius > center)
            throw new Exception("Invalid palindrome.");

        this.center = center;
        this.radius = radius;
    }

    public int GetMirror(int index)
    {
        int i = 2 * center - index;

        if (i < 0)
            return 0;

        return i;
    }

    public int GetCenter()
    {
        return center;
    }

    public int GetLength()
    {
        return 2 * radius;
    }

    public int GetRight()
    {
        return center + radius;
    }

    public int GetLeft()
    {
        return center - radius;
    }

    public void Expand()
    {
        ++radius;
    }

    public bool LargerThan(Palindrome other)
    {
        if (other == null)
            return false;

        return (radius > other.radius);
    }

}

private static string GetFormatted(string original)
{
    if (original == null)
        return null;
    else if (original.Length == 0)
        return "";

    StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder("#");
    foreach (char c in original)
    {
        builder.Append(c);
        builder.Append('#');
    }

    return builder.ToString();
}

private static string GetUnFormatted(string formatted)
{
    if (formatted == null)
        return null;
    else if (formatted.Length == 0)
        return "";

    StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
    foreach (char c in formatted)
    {
        if (c != '#')
            builder.Append(c);
    }

    return builder.ToString();
}

public static string FindLargestPalindrome(string str)
{
    string formatted = GetFormatted(str);

    if (formatted == null || formatted.Length == 0)
        return formatted;

    int[] radius = new int[formatted.Length];

    try
    {
        Palindrome current = new Palindrome(0, 0);
        for (int i = 0; i < formatted.Length; ++i)
        {
            radius[i] = (current.GetRight() > i) ?
                Math.Min(current.GetRight() - i, radius[current.GetMirror(i)]) : 0;

            current = new Palindrome(i, radius[i]);

            while (current.GetLeft() - 1 >= 0 && current.GetRight() + 1 < formatted.Length &&
                formatted[current.GetLeft() - 1] == formatted[current.GetRight() + 1])
            {
                current.Expand();
                ++radius[i];
            }
        }

        Palindrome largest = new Palindrome(0, 0);
        for (int i = 0; i < radius.Length; ++i)
        {
            current = new Palindrome(i, radius[i]);
            if (current.LargerThan(largest))
                largest = current;
        }

        return GetUnFormatted(formatted.Substring(largest.GetLeft(), largest.GetLength()));
    }
    catch (Exception ex) 
    {
        Console.WriteLine(ex);
    }

    return null;
}