LongestCommonSequencePositions

LongestCommonSequencePositions[s1,s2]

finds the longest sequence of contiguous or disjoint elements common to the strings, lists or biomolecular sequences s1 and s2 and returns their positions.

Details and Options

  • LongestCommonSequencePositions[s1,s2] returns an expression of the form {pos1,pos2} where the posi specify the positions of the longest common sequence in the strings or lists si.
  • For lists si, Take[si,posi] returns the longest common sequence. For strings si, StringTake[si,posi] returns the longest common contiguous or disjoint substring.
  • If there are several common sequences of the same length, LongestCommonSequencePositions returns the one that begins earliest in s1.
  • For strings, setting the option IgnoreCase->True makes LongestCommonSequencePositions treat lowercase and uppercase letters as equivalent, and returns the form of common sequence that occurs in s1.

Examples

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Basic Examples  (3)

Find the longest noncontiguous sequence common to two strings:

Find the longest noncontiguous sequence common to two lists:

Find the longest noncontiguous sequence common to two biomolecular sequences:

Scope  (2)

Act on two strings:

Act on two lists of expressions:

Options  (1)

IgnoreCase  (1)

By default, LongestCommonSequencePositions distinguishes lower and upper case:

Ignore case:

Properties & Relations  (1)

Take two strings:

Find the positions of the longest common sequence of characters:

The corresponding strings coincide:

LongestCommonSequence returns those strings joined:

SequenceAlignment returns a complete representation of the common and uncommon parts:

Wolfram Research (2015), LongestCommonSequencePositions, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LongestCommonSequencePositions.html (updated 2020).

Text

Wolfram Research (2015), LongestCommonSequencePositions, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LongestCommonSequencePositions.html (updated 2020).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2015. "LongestCommonSequencePositions." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2020. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LongestCommonSequencePositions.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2015). LongestCommonSequencePositions. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LongestCommonSequencePositions.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2025_longestcommonsequencepositions, author="Wolfram Research", title="{LongestCommonSequencePositions}", year="2020", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LongestCommonSequencePositions.html}", note=[Accessed: 27-April-2025 ]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2025_longestcommonsequencepositions, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={LongestCommonSequencePositions}, year={2020}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/LongestCommonSequencePositions.html}, note=[Accessed: 27-April-2025 ]}