CODE EXAMPLE FOR PYTHON

kmp algorithm

COMPUTE- PREFIX- FUNCTION (P)
 1. m ←length [P]		//'p' pattern to be matched
 2. Π [1] ← 0
 3. k ← 0
 4. for q ← 2 to m
 5. do while k > 0 and P [k + 1] ≠ P [q]
 6. do k ← Π [k]
 7. If P [k + 1] = P [q]
 8. then k← k + 1
 9. Π [q] ← k
 10. Return Π