Computer Science Illuminated
Computer Science Illuminated
7th Edition
ISBN: 9781284155617
Author: Nell Dale, John Lewis
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
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Chapter 3, Problem 52E
Program Plan Intro

Run-length encoding:

  • It is a type of data compression technique.
  • To compress a long series of data containing a repeated sequence of a single character, run-length encoding is used.
  • Example: Consider “DDDDDDDD” is a long series of repeated character.
    • The long string is compressed to “*D8”,
      • Where,”*” is a flag character which replaces a long sequence o repeated character.
      • “D” is a character which is repeated in a string.
      • “8” is the number of times that the character “D” is repeated in that string.

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