diff --git a/c/String Algorithms/rabin_karp.c b/c/String Algorithms/rabin_karp.c
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+int rabin_karp(char* txt, char* pat){
+    int n = strlen(txt);
+    int m = strlen(pat);
+    int pat_hash = 0;
+    int txt_hash = 0;
+
+    for (int k = 0; k < m ; k++){
+        pat_hash += pat[k];
+        txt_hash += txt[k];
+    }
+    
+    for (int i = 0; i <= n - m; i++) {
+        if(pat_hash == txt_hash){
+            for(int j = 0; j < m; j++){
+                if(pat[j] != txt[i+j]){
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+            if(j == m){
+                return i;
+            }
+        }
+        txt_hash = txt_hash - txt[i] + txt[i+m];
+    }
+    return -1;
+}
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