abydos/compression/_bwt.py
# Copyright 2014-2020 by Christopher C. Little.
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"""abydos.compression._bwt.
Burrows-Wheeler Transform encoder/decoder
"""
__all__ = ['BWT']
class BWT:
"""Burrows-Wheeler Transform.
The Burrows-Wheeler transform is an attempt at placing similar characters
together to improve compression.
Cf. :cite:`Burrows:1994`.
.. versionadded:: 0.3.6
"""
def __init__(self, terminator: str = '\0') -> None:
"""Initialize BWT instance.
Parameters
----------
terminator : str
A character added to signal the end of the string
.. versionadded:: 0.4.0
"""
self._terminator = terminator
def encode(self, word: str) -> str:
r"""Return the Burrows-Wheeler transformed form of a word.
Parameters
----------
word : str
The word to transform using BWT
Returns
-------
str
Word encoded by BWT
Raises
------
ValueError
Specified terminator absent from code.
Examples
--------
>>> bwt = BWT()
>>> bwt.encode('align')
'n\x00ilag'
>>> bwt.encode('banana')
'annb\x00aa'
>>> bwt = BWT('@')
>>> bwt.encode('banana')
'annb@aa'
.. versionadded:: 0.1.0
.. versionchanged:: 0.3.6
Encapsulated in class
"""
if word:
if self._terminator in word:
raise ValueError(
'Specified terminator, {}, already in word.'.format(
self._terminator if self._terminator != '\0' else '\\0'
)
)
else:
word += self._terminator
wordlist = sorted(
word[i:] + word[:i] for i in range(len(word))
)
return ''.join([w[-1] for w in wordlist])
else:
return self._terminator
def decode(self, code: str) -> str:
r"""Return a word decoded from BWT form.
Parameters
----------
code : str
The word to transform from BWT form
Returns
-------
str
Word decoded by BWT
Raises
------
ValueError
Specified terminator absent from code.
Examples
--------
>>> bwt = BWT()
>>> bwt.decode('n\x00ilag')
'align'
>>> bwt.decode('annb\x00aa')
'banana'
>>> bwt = BWT('@')
>>> bwt.decode('annb@aa')
'banana'
.. versionadded:: 0.1.0
.. versionchanged:: 0.3.6
Encapsulated in class
"""
if code:
if self._terminator not in code:
raise ValueError(
'Specified terminator, {}, absent from code.'.format(
self._terminator if self._terminator != '\0' else '\\0'
)
)
else:
wordlist = [''] * len(code)
for i in range(len(code)):
wordlist = sorted(
code[i] + wordlist[i] for i in range(len(code))
)
rows = [w for w in wordlist if w[-1] == self._terminator][0]
return rows.rstrip(self._terminator)
else:
return ''
if __name__ == '__main__':
import doctest
doctest.testmod()