Question

MATLAB has a built in function called huffmandict. How can I recreate this built in function? I am trying to input symbols and probabilities to get an output codeword (huffman binary tree).

Answer 1

To recreate the huffmandict function in MATLAB, you can follow a simple algorithm to generate the codewords for a given set of symbols and probabilities.

Step-by-step explanation:

To recreate the huffmandict function in MATLAB, you can follow these steps:

1. Create a list of symbols and their corresponding probabilities.
2. Sort the list in ascending order based on probabilities.
3. Build a Huffman binary tree using the sorted list.
4. Assign 0 to the left branch and 1 to the right branch in the tree.
5. Traverse the tree to obtain the codewords for each symbol.

This algorithm will allow you to recreate the functionality of the built-in huffmandict function by generating the codewords for a given set of symbols and probabilities.