Dear David,
There may be some errors:
(5*2) + (5*2) + (4*3) + (3*3) + (3*4) + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 89 bytes.
(Much better
than 208!)
Should it be (5*2)+(5*2)+(4*3)+(3*3)+(3*4)+5+5+5+5+5+5 = 83 bits?
Philip
David Oakley wrote:
> Hi Alagesh,
>
> Huffman encoding works well for text documents (it's based on the fact that
> some letters are much more common than others). You can find an introduction
> to Huffman on our website:
>
> http://www.astraware.com/program/vbhuffman.html
>
> It's rather geared towards Visual Basic, but the techniques can be fairly
> easily converted. VB is a great language for prototyping this sort of thing,
> anyway.
>
> Hope it's useful,
> Seasons greetings to all!
> David
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Alagesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: 21 December 1999 04:45
> Subject: data compression
>
> > Hi
> >
> > First of all i would like to thank "Aaron" for the suggestion given on
> > images.
> > I would also like to know the compression technique to be used for text
> > files.
> > Any suggestion is welcome.
> >
> > TIA
> > Alagesh
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > Robosoft Technologies, Mangalore, India
> >
> >
