defmodule Huffman do alias Huffman.Tree import Huffman.Helpers @doc """ Encodes the supplied binary, returning the encoded binary and the binary code => key mappings. Example: iex> {encoded, keys} = Huffman.encode "Lil Wayne is the best rapper alive." iex> encoded <<120, 78, 203, 140, 247, 7, 234, 91, 183, 29, 114, 181, 92, 94, 208, 67, 14::size(6)>> iex> keys %{<<0::size(3)>> => "i", <<2::size(4)>> => "r", <<3::size(4)>> => "s", <<4::size(4)>> => "l", <<5::size(4)>> => "p", <<12::size(5)>> => "W", <<13::size(5)>> => "b", <<14::size(5)>> => ".", <<15::size(5)>> => "L", <<16::size(5)>> => "v", <<17::size(5)>> => "y", <<18::size(5)>> => "h", <<19::size(5)>> => "n", <<10::size(4)>> => "t", <<11::size(4)>> => "a", <<6::size(3)>> => "e", <<7::size(3)>> => " "} """ def encode(bin) do tree = Tree.new(byte_frequencies(bin)) encoded = do_encode(bin, Tree.to_map(tree, :keys)) {encoded, Tree.to_map(tree, :codes)} end defp do_encode(bin, keys) when is_map(keys) and is_binary(bin) do do_encode(bin, keys, <<>>) end defp do_encode(<<>>, _keys, encoded), do: encoded defp do_encode(<>, keys, encoded) do encoded_byte = Map.get(keys, byte) do_encode(rest, keys, <>) end @doc """ Taking a set of keys and an encoded binary, turns it back into text. Example iex> {encoded, keys} = Huffman.encode "Lil Wayne is the best rapper alive." iex> Huffman.decode encoded, keys "Lil Wayne is the best rapper alive." """ def decode(encoded, keys) do do_decode(encoded, keys) end def do_decode(encoded, keys) do tree = Tree.from_codes(Map.to_list(keys)) do_decode(encoded, tree, <<>>) end def do_decode(<<>>, _tree, decoded), do: decoded def do_decode(encoded, tree, decoded) do {decoded_byte, rest} = Tree.get_key(tree, encoded) do_decode(rest, tree, decoded <> decoded_byte) end end