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

Question

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Answer 1

Fast Javascript Solution to finding the longest palindrome in a string:

const lpal = str => {
  let lpal = ""; // to store longest palindrome encountered
  let pal = ""; // to store new palindromes found
  let left; // to iterate through left side indices of the character considered to be center of palindrome
  let right; // to iterate through left side indices of the character considered to be center of palindrome
  let j; // to iterate through all characters and considering each to be center of palindrome
  for (let i=0; i= 0 && right < str.length) { // while left and right indices exist
      if(str[left] === str[right]) { //
        pal = str[left] + pal + str[right];
      } else {
        break;
      }
      left--;
      right++;
    }
    if(pal.length > lpal.length) {
      lpal = pal;
    }
    pal = str[i];
    j = i;
    left = j-1;
    right = j+1;
    if(str[j] === str[right]) {
      pal = pal + str[right];
      right++;
      while (left >= 0 && right < str.length) {
        if(str[left] === str[right]) {
          pal = str[left] + pal + str[right];
        } else {
          break;
        }
        left--;
        right++;
      }
      if(pal.length > lpal.length) {
        lpal = pal;
      }
    }
  }
  return lpal;
}

Example Input

console.log(lpal("gerngehgbrgregbeuhgurhuygbhsbjsrhfesasdfffdsajkjsrngkjbsrjgrsbjvhbvhbvhsbrfhrsbfsuhbvsuhbvhvbksbrkvkjb"));

Output

asdfffdsa