Sequence / string search with NumPy

pip install npsearchsequence

Tested against Windows 10 / Python 3.11 / Anaconda

np_search_sequence(a, seq, distance=1):
    """
    Search for the occurrence of a given sequence within a NumPy array.

    Parameters:
    - a (numpy.ndarray): The input NumPy array to search within.
    - seq (numpy.ndarray): The sequence to search for within the array.
    - distance (int, optional): The distance between consecutive elements
      of the sequence in the array. Default is 1.

    Returns:
    numpy.ndarray:
        An array of indices where the given sequence is found in the input array.

    Example:
    seq = np.array([3, 6, 8, 4])
    arr = np.random.randint(0, 9, (1000000,))
    np_search_sequence(a=arr, seq=seq, distance=1)
    array([  8370,  24712,  25143, ..., 999287, 999493, 999805])
	"""

np_search_string(string, substring, distance=1):
    r"""
    Search for the occurrence of a given substring within a string using NumPy.

    Parameters:
    - string (str or bytes): The input string to search within.
    - substring (str or bytes): The substring to search for within the string.
    - distance (int, optional): The distance between consecutive characters
      of the substring in the string. Default is 1.

    Returns:
    numpy.ndarray:
        An array of indices where the given substring is found in the input string.

    Example:
    text = '''Welcome! Are you completely new to programming? If not then we presume you will be looking for information about why and how to get started with Python. Fortunately an experienced programmer in any programming language (whatever it may be) can pick up Python very quickly. It's also easy for beginners to use and learn, so jump in!
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    res = np_search_string(string=text*10000, substring='man', distance=1)
    array([  119,   238,   357, ..., 93382, 93533, 93709])
    res2 = np_search_string(string=(text * 10000).encode(), substring=b"man", distance=1)

    """