freeCodeCamp Challenge Guide: LZW compression

LZW compression


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Solution 1 (Click to Show/Hide)
LZW (compressData, input) {
  function compress(uncompressed) {
    // Build the dictionary.
    var i,
      dictionary = {},
      c,
      wc,
      w = "",
      result = [],
      dictSize = 256;
    for (i = 0; i < 256; i += 1) {
      dictionary[String.fromCharCode(i)] = i;
    }
    for (i = 0; i < uncompressed.length; i += 1) {
      c = uncompressed.charAt(i);
      wc = w + c;
      //Do not use dictionary[wc] because javascript arrays
      //will return values for array['pop'], array['push'] etc
      // if (dictionary[wc]) {
      if (dictionary.hasOwnProperty(wc)) {
        w = wc;
      } else {
        result.push(dictionary[w]);
        // Add wc to the dictionary.
        dictionary[wc] = dictSize++;
        w = String(c);
      }
    }
    // Output the code for w.
    if (w !== "") {
      result.push(dictionary[w]);
    }
    return result;
  }
  function decompress(compressed) {
    // Build the dictionary.
    var i,
      dictionary = [],
      w,
      result,
      k,
      entry = "",
      dictSize = 256;
    for (i = 0; i < 256; i += 1) {
      dictionary[i] = String.fromCharCode(i);
    }
    w = String.fromCharCode(compressed[0]);
    result = w;
    for (i = 1; i < compressed.length; i += 1) {
      k = compressed[i];
      if (dictionary[k]) {
        entry = dictionary[k];
      } else {
        if (k === dictSize) {
          entry = w + w.charAt(0);
        } else {
          return null;
        }
      }
      result += entry;
      // Add w+entry[0] to the dictionary.
      dictionary[dictSize++] = w + entry.charAt(0);
      w = entry;
    }
    return result;
  }
  if(compressData){
    return compress(input)
  }else{
    return decompress(input)
  }
}
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