Sorry, I should have mentioned that I didn't mean to use the Base64 module, I was considering writing the numbers in base 64, so that when I run out of 0-9 I go through a-z then A-Z, etc, so I use more of the bits of the characters, and use fewer digits to represent the same number.

The penalty for compression on small strings is the dictionary that gets set up for the string. If I use a fixed dictionary, this shouldn't be a problem. So I need a customized version of the compression code.

With compression, I shouldn't need to use base 64, and I'm guessing that I will get about a 60% reduction in size.

Another optimization I thought of was to change the numbers to represent the differences between the numbers instead of the numbers themselves. So instead of 

1,10,45,50,120

[download]
I would have 
1,9,35,5,70

[download]

It should work perfectly the first time! - toma

In reply to Re: Re: More details on compressing a set of integers by toma
in thread Compressing a set of integers by toma

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.