a problem with my program..

[johny doe]

i got my program solved
its solving much more cases then needed

i was asked to solve it for chars a-z and space char
27

and i was told that in each root of the tree i will get
27 branches (one branch for each char)

but my version solves for every kind of char
i dont know how to check how many branches are there in that tree.

[Roger Chung-Wee]

You need to determine how many roots exist for the tree. Where is this information held?

[johny doe]

i realy dont know where to look its a lot of code
some of the comments are

/* We store the tree as a parent-pointer tree, hashed */
/* Code adapted from _The_Data_Compression_Book_ */

[Roger Chung-Wee]

See if you can post what looks like the relevant code, and perhaps someone can assist. Don't post the whole of the code if it is substantial as nobody will read it.

[johny doe]

how do i build a tree with 27 branches??

maybe i'll find a similar stucture
[ January 05, 2008: Message edited by: johny doe ]

[Campbell Ritchie]

Not sure what to suggest, but . . .

. . . if it actually works, do you need to change it to 27 characters?

[johny doe]

it will be much yeasier to understand if ill send you privately the
code
it that ok?

[johny doe]

my big problem in that software is an applet

that takes it input from a text box

and outputs to another text box
and i want to change it so it will take
its input from a text file and return the output
into a text file
and so it will not be an applet but a normal code
with
public static void main(String []args)

can you guide me threw the proccess??

can i send you the code privately??

[ January 06, 2008: Message edited by: johny doe ]
[ January 06, 2008: Message edited by: johny doe ]

[Campbell Ritchie]

I don't know anything about this LZ algorithm, but please don't send code in a PM. Better to post a few pages openly so everybody can read it and other people with similar problems can learn too.

[johny doe]

ok lets start from the problem that it gets its input from a text box
and i want it to take the input from txt file

how do i do that??

another point is how to change it from applet to normal form

what parts do you want me to post for this tasks??
[ January 07, 2008: Message edited by: johny doe ]

[Campbell Ritchie]

I suggested you use java.util.Scanner for text file input. Have you tried that?

[johny doe]

i looked for it
but i dont know how to recognise and remove
the messange box parts and
instead to put the txt reader thing

i am realy new to this applet thing
this massage box mechanism

that why i want some one to lokk on my project to help me with that

i realy dont mind to share it the second after the dead line


???

[Campbell Ritchie]

This is an example of a Scanner reading from a text file

Scanner sc = new Scanner(new File("myNumbers"));
      while (sc.hasNextLong()) {
          long aLong = sc.nextLong();
      }

It actually comes from the API specifications. You should be able to change the bit about nextLong() to next() or nextLine(). Do something more inspired than setting up a local variable which is never used!

I am not sure which part of your code it would be best to past. Sorry.

[johny doe]

where do i put the path of the file here

the purpose is to take a txt file (which contains a continues line of chars)
and convert it into string

in your code i dont recognize the place where to put the path of the txt file
and the output String variable
??