Example
Consider the text to be indexed:
| i | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | b | a | n | a | n | a | $ |
The text ends with the special sentinel letter $ that is unique and lexicographically smaller than any other character. The text has the following suffixes:
| Suffix | i |
|---|---|
| banana$ | 1 |
| anana$ | 2 |
| nana$ | 3 |
| ana$ | 4 |
| na$ | 5 |
| a$ | 6 |
| $ | 7 |
These suffixes can be sorted:
| Suffix | i |
|---|---|
| $ | 7 |
| a$ | 6 |
| ana$ | 4 |
| anana$ | 2 |
| banana$ | 1 |
| na$ | 5 |
| nana$ | 3 |
The suffix array contains the starting positions of these sorted suffixes:
| i | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
So for example, contains the value and therefore refers to the suffix starting at position within, which is the suffix .
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