Assignment One

Assignment 1: File Encoding

• Hints, tips, and announcements <-- Read this regularly.
• Handout in postScript or in Adobe pdf format
• Advice in postScript or in Adobe pdf format
• An example c++ program bitwiseIO.cc which demonstrates manipulation of individual bits in a buffer.
• Now available A second example c++ program buf.cc which demonstrates using a buffer longer than one character.
• encoding1.txt
• A simple file test1.txt that you can encode with test1.txt If you downloaded this file over the weekend then you should replace your dowloaded version with this new one. See the announcements to understand why.
  
• encoding2.txt is another file containing a sample set of codes
• and the corresponding text file test2.txt that you should try encoding with encoding2.txt Notice that encoding2.txt contains a code for /n or the end-of-line character. This is required because test2.txt has multiple lines. When you look at encoding2.txt with an editor it will show up on two lines because the editor will display /n by starting a new line.
• Some basic pointers for using od to view your binary files.