RosettaCodeData/Task/Longest-common-substring/Ruby/longest-common-substring.rb

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Ruby

def longest_common_substring(a,b)
lengths = Array.new(a.length){Array.new(b.length, 0)}
greatestLength = 0
output = ""
a.each_char.with_index do |x,i|
b.each_char.with_index do |y,j|
next if x != y
lengths[i][j] = (i.zero? || j.zero?) ? 1 : lengths[i-1][j-1] + 1
if lengths[i][j] > greatestLength
greatestLength = lengths[i][j]
output = a[i - greatestLength + 1, greatestLength]
end
end
end
output
end
p longest_common_substring("thisisatest", "testing123testing")