G | C | A | T | C | G | C | A | G | A | G | A | G | T | A | T | A | C | A | G | T | A | C | G |
* | 8 | 7 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
G | C | A | G | A | G | A | G |
Shift by: 5 (8 - 3)
G | C | A | T | C | G | C | A | G | A | G | A | G | T | A | T | A | C | A | G | T | A | C | G |
* | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
- | G | C | A | G | A | G | A | G |
Shift by: 7 (8 - 1)
G | C | A | T | C | G | C | A | G | A | G | A | G | T | A | T | A | C | A | G | T | A | C | G |
* | 7 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
G | C | A | G | A | G | A | G |
Shift by: 7 (8 - 1)
The Reverse Factor algorithm performs 17 character comparisons on the example.