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Article #1797

Re: Level II compression questions

#1797
From: David Haight
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 18:52
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In article <1992Aug14.030418.1512@newshost.anu.edu.au> bdb112@rsphy3.anu.edu.au (Boyd Blackwell) writes:
>I have just attempted to convert gnu-compress4.01 to produce compressed 
>output suitable for feeding into LZWDecode filter in Level II postscript.  It
>works up to the first token length change.  Before beating my haed against the 
>wall, I would like to know if anyone already has c code for LZWEncode.
>

.............Code and such deleted

Here's a PS LZW filter we've been using here, PS in LZW compressed out.

#include <stdio.h>

/* Various constants
 */
	 
#define EOD			  257			  /* End of Data marker */
#define CLR			  256			  /* Clear Table Marker */
#define MAXSTRINGS  4096		  /* using 12 bit max codes */
#define TRUE		  (1==1)
#define FALSE		  !TRUE
	 
/* This is the structure for a single entry into the string table
 */
	 
typedef struct
{
	 short prefix;
	 short suffix;
	 short next;
} stringrec;

/* Global data
 */

int codeWidth = 9, bitsInAcc = 0;	/* Used by code send function */
unsigned long acc;						/* =bits left over from a sendcode */
int nextIndex;								/* Used by newentry function */
stringrec stringarray[4096];			/* This is the string table */
long incount = 0, outcount = 0;		/* Input/output tally */


void Initialize(void);
void SendCode(short theCode);
int FindString(short *prefix, short suffix);
int main(int argc, char *argv[]);
void AddString(short prefix, short suffix);
void ShowStats(void);
	 
void Initialize()
{
	 int index;

	 for(index = 0; index < 256; index++)
	 {
		  stringarray[index].prefix = -1;
		  stringarray[index].suffix = (char) index;
		  stringarray[index].next = -1;
	 }
	 nextIndex = EOD + 1;
	 codeWidth = 9;
}
	 
void SendCode(short theCode)
{
	 acc += (long) theCode << (32 - codeWidth - bitsInAcc);
	 bitsInAcc += codeWidth;
	 while(bitsInAcc >= 8)
	 {
		  fputc(acc >> 24, stdout);
		  acc = acc << 8;
		  bitsInAcc -= 8;
		  outcount++;
	 }

	 if(theCode == CLR)
	 {
		  Initialize();
	 }

	 if(theCode == EOD && bitsInAcc != 0)
	 {
		  fputc(acc >> 24, stdout);
		  outcount++;
	 }

	 return;
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	 short lastCode;
	 short thisCode;
	 double comppct;

	 if(argc != 1)
	 {
		  if(argc != 2)
		  {
				fprintf(stderr, "\nToo many arguments.\n");
				fflush(stderr);
				return(1);
		  }
		  if(*argv[1] == 'h')
		  {
				fprintf(stdout, "\ncurrentfile /LZWDecode filter cvx exec\n");
				incount += 41;
				fflush(stdout);
		  }
	 }
	 
	 fprintf(stderr, "\nCompressing...");
	 fflush(stderr);
	 
	 SendCode(CLR);
	 
	 if((lastCode = fgetc(stdin)) == EOF)
	 {
		  ++incount;
		  SendCode(EOD);
  		  return;
	 }
	 
	 while((thisCode = fgetc(stdin)) != EOF)
	 {
		  if(!(++incount & 0x00004FFF))
		  {
				ShowStats();
		  }

		  if(FindString(&lastCode, thisCode))
		  {
				continue;
		  } else
		  {
				SendCode(lastCode);
				AddString(lastCode, thisCode);
				lastCode = thisCode;
		  }

	 }

	 SendCode(lastCode);
	 SendCode(EOD);

	 ShowStats();
	 fprintf(stderr, "\nDone.\n");
	 fflush(stderr);
	 
	 return;
}

int FindString(short *prefix, short suffix)
{
	 short index = *prefix;

	 while(index != -1)
	 {
		  if(stringarray[index].prefix == *prefix &&
			  stringarray[index].suffix == suffix)
		  {
				*prefix = index;
				return(TRUE);
		  } else
		  {
				index = stringarray[index].next;
		  }
	 }

	 return(FALSE);
}

void AddString(short prefix, short suffix)
{
	 
	 stringarray[nextIndex].prefix = prefix;
	 stringarray[nextIndex].suffix = suffix;
	 stringarray[nextIndex].next = stringarray[prefix].next;
	 stringarray[prefix].next = nextIndex;

	 if(++nextIndex >> codeWidth)
	 {
		  if(++codeWidth > 12)
		  {
				--codeWidth;
				SendCode(CLR);
		  }
	 }
	 return;
}

void ShowStats()
{
	 double comppct;
	 
	 comppct = 100.0 * (1.0 - (double) outcount / (double) incount);
	 fprintf(stderr, "\rCompressing: %d bytes input, %d bytes output, %3.2f%% saved.",
				incount, outcount, comppct);
	 fflush(stderr);
}
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From: davidh8@pogo.wv.tek.com (David Haight)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Level II compression questions
Keywords: ENcode compression Level II source
Message-ID: <13368@pogo.wv.tek.com>
Date: 17 Aug 92 18:52:42 GMT
References: <1992Aug14.030418.1512@newshost.anu.edu.au>
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Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Wilsonville,  OR.
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