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-- see: https://github.com/Rochet2/lualzw
-- MIT License - Copyright (c) 2016 Rochet2

local char    = string.char
local type    = type
local sub     = string.sub
local tconcat = table.concat

local SIGC = 'LZWC'

local basedictcompress = {}
local basedictdecompress = {}
for i = 0, 255 do
	local ic, iic = char(i), char(i, 0)
	basedictcompress[ic] = iic
	basedictdecompress[iic] = ic
end

local function dictAddA(str, dict, a, b)
	if a >= 256 then
		a, b = 0, b+1
		if b >= 256 then
			dict = {}
			b = 1
		end
	end
	dict[str] = char(a,b)
	a = a+1
	return dict, a, b
end

local function compress(input)
	if type(input) ~= "string" then
		error ("string expected, got "..type(input))
	end
	local len = #input
	if len <= 1 then
		return input
	end

	local dict = {}
	local a, b = 0, 1

	local result = { SIGC }
	local resultlen = 1
	local n = 2
	local word = ""
	for i = 1, len do
		local c = sub(input, i, i)
		local wc = word..c
		if not (basedictcompress[wc] or dict[wc]) then
			local write = basedictcompress[word] or dict[word]
			if not write then
				error "algorithm error, could not fetch word"
			end
			result[n] = write
			resultlen = resultlen + #write
			n = n+1
			if  len <= resultlen then
				return input
			end
			dict, a, b = dictAddA(wc, dict, a, b)
			word = c
		else
			word = wc
		end
	end
	result[n] = basedictcompress[word] or dict[word]
	resultlen = resultlen+#result[n]
	if  len <= resultlen then
		return input
	end
	return tconcat(result)
end

local function dictAddB(str, dict, a, b)
	if a >= 256 then
		a, b = 0, b+1
		if b >= 256 then
			dict = {}
			b = 1
		end
	end
	dict[char(a,b)] = str
	a = a+1
	return dict, a, b
end

local function decompress(input)
	if type(input) ~= "string" then
		error( "string expected, got "..type(input))
	end

	if #input < 4 then
		return input
	end

	local control = sub(input, 1, 4)
	if control ~= SIGC then
		return input
	end
	input = sub(input, 5)
	local len = #input

	if len < 2 then
		error("invalid input - not a compressed string")
	end

	local dict = {}
	local a, b = 0, 1

	local result = {}
	local n = 1
	local last = sub(input, 1, 2)
	result[n] = basedictdecompress[last] or dict[last]
	n = n+1
	for i = 3, len, 2 do
		local code = sub(input, i, i+1)
		local lastStr = basedictdecompress[last] or dict[last]
		if not lastStr then
			error( "could not find last from dict. Invalid input?")
		end
		local toAdd = basedictdecompress[code] or dict[code]
		if toAdd then
			result[n] = toAdd
			n = n+1
			dict, a, b = dictAddB(lastStr..sub(toAdd, 1, 1), dict, a, b)
		else
			local tmp = lastStr..sub(lastStr, 1, 1)
			result[n] = tmp
			n = n+1
			dict, a, b = dictAddB(tmp, dict, a, b)
		end
		last = code
	end
	return tconcat(result)
end

return {
    compress = compress,
    decompress = decompress,
}