lualzw.lua

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local char = string.char
local type = type
local select = select
local sub = string.sub
local tconcat = table.concat

local basedictcompress = {}
local basedictdecompress = {}
for i = 0, 255 do
    local ic, iic = char(i), char(i, 0)
    basedictcompress[ic] = iic
    basedictdecompress[iic] = ic
end

local function dictAddA(str, dict, a, b)
    if a >= 256 then
        a, b = 0, b+1
        if b >= 256 then
            dict = {}
            b = 1
        end
    end
    dict[str] = char(a,b)
    a = a+1
    return dict, a, b
end

local function compress(input)
    if type(input) ~= "string" then
        return nil, "string expected, got "..type(input)
    end
    local len = #input
    if len <= 1 then
        return "u"..input
    end

    local dict = {}
    local a, b = 0, 1

    local result = {"c"}
    local resultlen = 1
    local n = 2
    local word = ""
    for i = 1, len do
        local c = sub(input, i, i)
        local wc = word..c
        if not (basedictcompress[wc] or dict[wc]) then
            local write = basedictcompress[word] or dict[word]
            if not write then
                return nil, "algorithm error, could not fetch word"
            end
            result[n] = write
            resultlen = resultlen + #write
            n = n+1
            if  len <= resultlen then
                return "u"..input
            end
            dict, a, b = dictAddA(wc, dict, a, b)
            word = c
        else
            word = wc
        end
    end
    result[n] = basedictcompress[word] or dict[word]
    resultlen = resultlen+#result[n]
    n = n+1
    if  len <= resultlen then
        return "u"..input
    end
    return tconcat(result)
end

local function dictAddB(str, dict, a, b)
    if a >= 256 then
        a, b = 0, b+1
        if b >= 256 then
            dict = {}
            b = 1
        end
    end
    dict[char(a,b)] = str
    a = a+1
    return dict, a, b
end

local function decompress(input)
    if type(input) ~= "string" then
        return nil, "string expected, got "..type(input)
    end

    if #input < 1 then
        return nil, "invalid input - not a compressed string"
    end

    local control = sub(input, 1, 1)
    if control == "u" then
        return sub(input, 2)
    elseif control ~= "c" then
        return nil, "invalid input - not a compressed string"
    end
    input = sub(input, 2)
    local len = #input

    if len < 2 then
        return nil, "invalid input - not a compressed string"
    end

    local dict = {}
    local a, b = 0, 1

    local result = {}
    local n = 1
    local last = sub(input, 1, 2)
    result[n] = basedictdecompress[last] or dict[last]
    n = n+1
    for i = 3, len, 2 do
        local code = sub(input, i, i+1)
        local lastStr = basedictdecompress[last] or dict[last]
        if not lastStr then
            return nil, "could not find last from dict. Invalid input?"
        end
        local toAdd = basedictdecompress[code] or dict[code]
        if toAdd then
            result[n] = toAdd
            n = n+1
            dict, a, b = dictAddB(lastStr..sub(toAdd, 1, 1), dict, a, b)
        else
            local tmp = lastStr..sub(lastStr, 1, 1)
            result[n] = tmp
            n = n+1
            dict, a, b = dictAddB(tmp, dict, a, b)
        end
        last = code
    end
    return tconcat(result)
end

return {
    compress = compress,
    decompress = decompress,
}