feat: add run-length-encoding

config.json

@@ -393,6 +393,14 @@
         "prerequisites": [],
         "difficulty": 3
       },
+      {
+        "slug": "run-length-encoding",
+        "name": "Run Length Encoding",
+        "uuid": "c0c0c0a8-8cf8-400c-a42f-2e9283a46e5b",
+        "practices": [],
+        "prerequisites": [],
+        "difficulty": 3
+      },
       {
         "slug": "knapsack",
         "name": "Knapsack",

exercises/practice/run-length-encoding/.docs/instructions.md

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+# Instructions
+
+Implement run-length encoding and decoding.
+
+Run-length encoding (RLE) is a simple form of data compression, where runs (consecutive data elements) are replaced by just one data value and count.
+
+For example we can represent the original 53 characters with only 13.
+
+```text
+"WWWWWWWWWWWWBWWWWWWWWWWWWBBBWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWB"  ->  "12WB12W3B24WB"
+```
+
+RLE allows the original data to be perfectly reconstructed from the compressed data, which makes it a lossless data compression.
+
+```text
+"AABCCCDEEEE"  ->  "2AB3CD4E"  ->  "AABCCCDEEEE"
+```
+
+For simplicity, you can assume that the unencoded string will only contain the letters A through Z (either lower or upper case) and whitespace.
+This way data to be encoded will never contain any numbers and numbers inside data to be decoded always represent the count for the following character.

exercises/practice/run-length-encoding/.meta/config.json

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+{
+  "authors": [
+    "keiravillekode"
+  ],
+  "files": {
+    "solution": [
+      "run-length-encoding.v"
+    ],
+    "test": [
+      "run_test.v"
+    ],
+    "example": [
+      ".meta/example.v"
+    ]
+  },
+  "blurb": "Implement run-length encoding and decoding.",
+  "source": "Wikipedia",
+  "source_url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-length_encoding"
+}

exercises/practice/run-length-encoding/.meta/example.v

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+module main
+
+fn encode(str string) string {
+	// We populate `buffer` from the back.
+	mut buffer := []u8{len: str.len}
+	mut offset := str.len
+
+	// Characters in `str` from `end` onwards have already been encoded.
+	mut end := str.len
+
+	for end > 0 {
+		ch := str[end - 1]
+		mut begin := end - 1
+		for begin > 0 && str[begin - 1] == ch {
+			begin--
+		}
+
+		// Run-length encode the run from `begin` (inclusive) to `end` (exclusive)
+		// of the character `ch`
+		offset--
+		buffer[offset] = ch
+		mut number := end - begin
+		if number > 1 {
+			for number > 0 {
+				offset--
+				buffer[offset] = u8(`0` + (number % 10))
+				number = number / 10
+			}
+		}
+
+		end = begin
+	}
+
+	return buffer[offset..(str.len)].bytestr()
+}
+
+fn decode(str string) string {
+	mut buffer := []u8{}
+	mut number := 0
+	for ch in str {
+		if ch.is_digit() {
+			number *= 10
+			number += int(ch - `0`)
+		} else {
+			if number == 0 {
+				buffer << ch
+			} else {
+				for number > 0 {
+					buffer << ch
+					number--
+				}
+			}
+			number = 0
+		}
+	}
+	return buffer.bytestr()
+}

exercises/practice/run-length-encoding/.meta/tests.toml

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+# This is an auto-generated file. Regular comments will be removed when this
+# file is regenerated. Regenerating will not touch any manually added keys,
+# so comments can be added in a "comment" key.
+
+[ad53b61b-6ffc-422f-81a6-61f7df92a231]
+description = "run-length encode a string -> empty string"
+
+[52012823-b7e6-4277-893c-5b96d42f82de]
+description = "run-length encode a string -> single characters only are encoded without count"
+
+[b7868492-7e3a-415f-8da3-d88f51f80409]
+description = "run-length encode a string -> string with no single characters"
+
+[859b822b-6e9f-44d6-9c46-6091ee6ae358]
+description = "run-length encode a string -> single characters mixed with repeated characters"
+
+[1b34de62-e152-47be-bc88-469746df63b3]
+description = "run-length encode a string -> multiple whitespace mixed in string"
+
+[abf176e2-3fbd-40ad-bb2f-2dd6d4df721a]
+description = "run-length encode a string -> lowercase characters"
+
+[7ec5c390-f03c-4acf-ac29-5f65861cdeb5]
+description = "run-length decode a string -> empty string"
+
+[ad23f455-1ac2-4b0e-87d0-b85b10696098]
+description = "run-length decode a string -> single characters only"
+
+[21e37583-5a20-4a0e-826c-3dee2c375f54]
+description = "run-length decode a string -> string with no single characters"
+
+[1389ad09-c3a8-4813-9324-99363fba429c]
+description = "run-length decode a string -> single characters with repeated characters"
+
+[3f8e3c51-6aca-4670-b86c-a213bf4706b0]
+description = "run-length decode a string -> multiple whitespace mixed in string"
+
+[29f721de-9aad-435f-ba37-7662df4fb551]
+description = "run-length decode a string -> lowercase string"
+
+[2a762efd-8695-4e04-b0d6-9736899fbc16]
+description = "encode and then decode -> encode followed by decode gives original string"

exercises/practice/run-length-encoding/run-length-encoding.v

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+module main
+
+fn encode(str string) string {
+}
+
+fn decode(str string) string {
+}

exercises/practice/run-length-encoding/run_test.v

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+module main
+
+fn test_run_length_encode_a_string__empty_string() {
+	message := ''
+	encoded := ''
+	assert encode(message) == encoded
+}
+
+fn test_run_length_encode_a_string__single_characters_only_are_encoded_without_count() {
+	message := 'XYZ'
+	encoded := 'XYZ'
+	assert encode(message) == encoded
+}
+
+fn test_run_length_encode_a_string__string_with_no_single_characters() {
+	message := 'AABBBCCCC'
+	encoded := '2A3B4C'
+	assert encode(message) == encoded
+}
+
+fn test_run_length_encode_a_string__single_characters_mixed_with_repeated_characters() {
+	message := 'WWWWWWWWWWWWBWWWWWWWWWWWWBBBWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWB'
+	encoded := '12WB12W3B24WB'
+	assert encode(message) == encoded
+}
+
+fn test_run_length_encode_a_string__multiple_whitespace_mixed_in_string() {
+	message := '  hsqq qww  '
+	encoded := '2 hs2q q2w2 '
+	assert encode(message) == encoded
+}
+
+fn test_run_length_encode_a_string__lowercase_characters() {
+	message := 'aabbbcccc'
+	encoded := '2a3b4c'
+	assert encode(message) == encoded
+}
+
+fn test_run_length_decode_a_string__empty_string() {
+	message := ''
+	decoded := ''
+	assert decode(message) == decoded
+}
+
+fn test_run_length_decode_a_string__single_characters_only() {
+	message := 'XYZ'
+	decoded := 'XYZ'
+	assert decode(message) == decoded
+}
+
+fn test_run_length_decode_a_string__string_with_no_single_characters() {
+	message := '2A3B4C'
+	decoded := 'AABBBCCCC'
+	assert decode(message) == decoded
+}
+
+fn test_run_length_decode_a_string__single_characters_with_repeated_characters() {
+	message := '12WB12W3B24WB'
+	decoded := 'WWWWWWWWWWWWBWWWWWWWWWWWWBBBWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWB'
+	assert decode(message) == decoded
+}
+
+fn test_run_length_decode_a_string__multiple_whitespace_mixed_in_string() {
+	message := '2 hs2q q2w2 '
+	decoded := '  hsqq qww  '
+	assert decode(message) == decoded
+}
+
+fn test_run_length_decode_a_string__lowercase_string() {
+	message := '2a3b4c'
+	decoded := 'aabbbcccc'
+	assert decode(message) == decoded
+}
+
+fn test_encode_and_then_decode__encode_followed_by_decode_gives_original_string() {
+	message := 'zzz ZZ  zZ'
+	assert decode(encode(message)) == message
+}