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C++ STL huffman coding
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
struct MinHeapNode {
char data;
unsigned freq;
MinHeapNode *left, *right;
MinHeapNode(char data, unsigned freq) {
left = right = NULL;
this->data = data;
this->freq = freq;
}
};
struct compare {
bool operator()(MinHeapNode* l, MinHeapNode* r) {
return (l->freq > r->freq);
}
};
void printCodes(struct MinHeapNode* root, string str) {
if (!root) {
return;
}
if (root->data != '$') {
cout << root->data << ": " << str << "\n";
}
printCodes(root->left, str + "0");
printCodes(root->right, str + "1");
}
void HuffmanCodes(char data[], int freq[], int size) {
struct MinHeapNode *left, *right, *top;
priority_queue<MinHeapNode*, vector<MinHeapNode*>, compare> minHeap;
for (int i = 0; i < size; ++i) {
minHeap.push(new MinHeapNode(data[i], freq[i]));
}
while (minHeap.size() != 1) {
left = minHeap.top();
minHeap.pop();
right = minHeap.top();
minHeap.pop();
top = new MinHeapNode('$', left->freq + right->freq);
top->left = left;
top->right = right;
minHeap.push(top);
}
printCodes(minHeap.top(), "");
}
int main() {
char arr[] = { 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f' };
int freq[] = { 5, 9, 12, 13, 16, 45 };
int size = sizeof(arr) / sizeof(arr[0]);
HuffmanCodes(arr, freq, size);
return 0;
}
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