Huffman

Tool written in C++ which can be used to compress and decompress a text-file using huffman codes. The file must contain only ASCII characters.

Navigate to containing folder in CMD and run:

g++ -std=c++11 huffman.cpp -o huffman.exe

Usage command:

huffman.exe < operation type > < if > < of >

Operation type = 1 if compression is desired.

• < if > = the full name of a local .txt file that is to be compressed.
• < of > = the full name of a local .huf file to store output.
• E.g.: huffman.exe 1 localInput.txt localOutput.huf

Operation type = 2 if decompression is desired.

• < if > = the full name of a local .huf file that is to be decompressed.
• < of > = the full name of a local .txt file to store output.
• E.g.: huffman.exe 2 localInput.huf localOutput.txt