xj85770 / compression-tool

Huffman Coding Compression Tool This project implements a Huffman coding algorithm for file compression and decompression. Huffman coding is an efficient method of compressing data without losing any information. This tool reads a text file, compresses it using the Huffman coding technique, and then decompresses it back to its original form.

Getting Started These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes.

Prerequisites What you need to run this project:

Python 3.x Installing Clone the repository to your local machine:

bash Copy code git clone https://github.com/xj85770/huffman-coding.git Navigate to the cloned directory:

bash Copy code cd huffman-coding Usage To use this tool, you need to have a text file that you want to compress and decompress. Once you have the text file, follow these steps:

Replace les_miserables.txt in the main_encode() function with the path to your text file. Run the script: Copy code python huffman_encoder.py This will generate two files:

encoded_output.txt: The compressed version of your text file. decoded_output.txt: The decompressed version, which should be identical to the original text file. Built With Python 3 - The scripting language used.