const smallStr = '1234';
const str = '1234567890ABCDEF1234567890ABCDEF';
const hexCharset = '0123456789ABCDEF'; // could also be an array
const compressedLength = 16;
const maxDigits = 16; // this may be a bit browser specific. You can make it smaller to be safer.
const logBaseN = (num, n) => Math.log(num) / Math.log(n);
const nthRoot = (num, n) => Math.pow(num, 1/n);
const digitsInNumber = num => Math.log(num) * Math.LOG10E + 1 | 0;
const partitionString = (str, numPartitions) => {
const partsSize = Math.ceil(str.length / numPartitions);
let partitions = [];
for (let i = 0; i < numPartitions; i++) {
partitions.push(str.substr(i * partsSize, partsSize));
}
return partitions;
}
console.log('logBaseN test:', logBaseN(256, 16) === 2);
console.log('nthRoot test:', nthRoot(256, 2) === 16);
console.log('partitionString test:', partitionString('ABCDEFG', 3));
// charset.length should equal radix
const toDecimalFromCharset = (str, charset) =>
str.split('')
.reverse()
.map((char, index) => charset.indexOf(char) * Math.pow(charset.length, index))
.reduce((sum, num) => (sum + num), 0);
const fromDecimalToCharset = (dec, charset) => {
const radix = charset.length;
let str = '';
for (let i = Math.ceil(logBaseN(dec + 1, radix)) - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
const part = Math.floor(dec / Math.pow(radix, i));
dec -= part * Math.pow(radix, i);
str += charset[part];
}
return str;
};
console.log('toDecimalFromCharset test 1:', toDecimalFromCharset('01000101', '01') === 69);
console.log('toDecimalFromCharset test 2:', toDecimalFromCharset('FF', hexCharset) === 255);
console.log('fromDecimalToCharset test:', fromDecimalToCharset(255, hexCharset) === 'FF');
const arbitraryCharset = length => new Array(length).fill(1).map((a, i) => String.fromCharCode(i));
// the Math.pow() bit is the possible number of values in the original
const simpleDetermineRadix = (strLength, originalCharsetSize, compressedLength) => nthRoot(Math.pow(originalCharsetSize, strLength), compressedLength);
// the simple ones only work for values that in decimal are so big before lack of precision messes things up
// compressedCharset.length must be >= compressedLength
const simpleCompress = (str, originalCharset, compressedCharset, compressedLength) =>
fromDecimalToCharset(toDecimalFromCharset(str, originalCharset), compressedCharset);
const simpleExpand = (compressedStr, originalCharset, compressedCharset) =>
fromDecimalToCharset(toDecimalFromCharset(compressedStr, compressedCharset), originalCharset);
const simpleNeededRadix = simpleDetermineRadix(str.length, hexCharset.length, compressedLength);
const simpleCompressedCharset = arbitraryCharset(simpleNeededRadix);
const simpleCompressed = simpleCompress(str, hexCharset, simpleCompressedCharset, compressedLength);
const simpleExpanded = simpleExpand(simpleCompressed, hexCharset, simpleCompressedCharset);
// Notice, it gets a little confused because of a lack of precision in the really big number.
console.log('Original string:', str, toDecimalFromCharset(str, hexCharset));
console.log('Simple Compressed:', simpleCompressed, toDecimalFromCharset(simpleCompressed, simpleCompressedCharset));
console.log('Simple Expanded:', simpleExpanded, toDecimalFromCharset(simpleExpanded, hexCharset));
console.log('Simple test:', simpleExpanded === str);
// Notice it works fine for smaller strings and/or charsets
const smallCompressed = simpleCompress(smallStr, hexCharset, simpleCompressedCharset, compressedLength);
const smallExpanded = simpleExpand(smallCompressed, hexCharset, simpleCompressedCharset);
console.log('Small string:', smallStr, toDecimalFromCharset(smallStr, hexCharset));
console.log('Small simple compressed:', smallCompressed, toDecimalFromCharset(smallCompressed, simpleCompressedCharset));
console.log('Small expaned:', smallExpanded, toDecimalFromCharset(smallExpanded, hexCharset));
console.log('Small test:', smallExpanded === smallStr);
// these will break the decimal up into smaller numbers with a max length of maxDigits
// it's a bit browser specific where the lack of precision is, so a smaller maxDigits
// may make it safer
//
// note: charset may need to be a little bit bigger than what determineRadix decides, since we're
// breaking the string up
// also note: we're breaking the string into parts based on the number of digits in it as a decimal
// this will actually make each individual parts decimal length smaller, because of how numbers work,
// but that's okay. If you have a charset just barely big enough because of other constraints, you'll
// need to make this even more complicated to make sure it's perfect.
const partitionStringForCompress = (str, originalCharset) => {
const numDigits = digitsInNumber(toDecimalFromCharset(str, originalCharset));
const numParts = Math.ceil(numDigits / maxDigits);
return partitionString(str, numParts);
}
const partitionedPartSize = (str, originalCharset) => {
const parts = partitionStringForCompress(str, originalCharset);
return Math.floor((compressedLength - parts.length - 1) / parts.length) + 1;
}
const determineRadix = (str, originalCharset, compressedLength) => {
const parts = partitionStringForCompress(str, originalCharset);
return Math.ceil(nthRoot(Math.pow(originalCharset.length, parts[0].length), partitionedPartSize(str, originalCharset)));
}
const compress = (str, originalCharset, compressedCharset, compressedLength) => {
const parts = partitionStringForCompress(str, originalCharset);
const partSize = partitionedPartSize(str, originalCharset);
return parts.map(part => simpleCompress(part, originalCharset, compressedCharset, partSize)).join(compressedCharset[compressedCharset.length-1]);
}
const expand = (compressedStr, originalCharset, compressedCharset) =>
compressedStr.split(compressedCharset[compressedCharset.length-1])
.map(part => simpleExpand(part, originalCharset, compressedCharset))
.join('');
const neededRadix = determineRadix(str, hexCharset, compressedLength);
const compressedCharset = arbitraryCharset(neededRadix);
const compressed = compress(str, hexCharset, compressedCharset, compressedLength);
const expanded = expand(compressed, hexCharset, compressedCharset);
console.log('String:', str, toDecimalFromCharset(str, hexCharset));
console.log('Neded radix size:', neededRadix); // bigger than normal because of how we're breaking it up... this could be improved if needed
console.log('Compressed:', compressed);
console.log('Expanded:', expanded);
console.log('Final test:', expanded === str);