pranav0091 Posted March 6, 2011 Posted March 6, 2011 I was toying around with AutoIt using it for simple automation until I got an assignment, which was basically to implement some data compression scheme and to comment on the compression ratio etc.I have never done any project like this-which gives a finished product-on any programming language, though I'm decently conversed with C++ and a little bit with AutoIt.So this time around I thought of using AutoIt for implementing the Lempel-Ziv algorithm. I got the code ready and it compiled okay, but the output wasn't what I expected. Then as a part of trouble shooting i got the generated code table and found that except for the first one, there's only one type of code - equivalent to the ASCII of "O".Can anybody tell me where I'm going wrong ?I looked around a lot, but cant figure out why I'm not able to generate different codes. So i'm attaching the code. Any help is appreciated. Lempel_Ziv.au3Note: The code for the algorithm itself is not "complete" in the sense that a few exceptions have not been covered yet.Thanks in advance.
BrewManNH Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 I haven't tested the code, but looking through it, you have made an incorrect assumption in regards to FileRead. FileRead($ipfile, 1) reads in one CHARACTER, not one bit. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator
pranav0091 Posted March 7, 2011 Author Posted March 7, 2011 I haven't tested the code, but looking through it, you have made an incorrect assumption in regards to FileRead. FileRead($ipfile, 1) reads in one CHARACTER, not one bit.Thanks for pointing out the mistake. Is there some way I can get the script to read the file bit by bit instead of reading one byte at a time?
MvGulik Posted March 7, 2011 Posted March 7, 2011 Is there some way I can get the script to read the file bit by bit instead of reading one byte at a time?No. A Byte is the minimum data size for FileRead().- You will need to use additional code to get at the bits of a Byte. (Give forum search a try, as there are some topics on that subject.) "Straight_and_Crooked_Thinking" : A "classic guide to ferreting out untruths, half-truths, and other distortions of facts in political and social discussions.""The Secrets of Quantum Physics" : New and excellent 2 part documentary on Quantum Physics by Jim Al-Khalili. (Dec 2014) "Believing what you know ain't so" ... Knock Knock ...
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