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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{c} =} lz77enco (@var{m}, @var{alph}, @var{la}, @var{n})
## Lempel-Ziv 77 source algorithm implementation. Where
##
## @table @asis
## @item @var{c}
## encoded message (Mx3).
## @item @var{alph}
## size of alphabet.
## @item @var{la}
## lookahead buffer size.
## @item @var{n}
## sliding window buffer size.
## @end table
## @seealso{lz77deco}
## @end deftypefn

function c = lz77enco(m, alph, la, n)

  if (la <= 0 || n <= 0)
    error("lz77enco: Lookahead buffer size and window size must be higher than 0.2");
  endif
  if n - la < la
    error("lz77enco: Unreachable configuration: n - la >= la.");
  endif
  if alph < 2
    error("lz77enco: Alphabet size within less than 2 symbols?");
  endif
  if max(m)+1 > alph
    error("lz77enco: It is not possible to codify the message, too small alphabet size.");
  endif
  if rows(m) != 1
    error("lz77enco: Message to encode must be a 1xN matrix.");
  endif

  c = zeros(1,3);
  enco = zeros(1,3);
  window = zeros(1,n);
  x = length(m);
  len = length(m);

  while x ~= 0
    ## update window
    window(1:n-la) = window(enco(2)+2:n-la+enco(2)+1);
    if x < la
      window(n-la+1:n) = [m(len-x+1:len) zeros(1,la-x)];
    else
      window(n-la+1:n) = m(len-x+1:len-x+la);
    endif
	
    ## get a reference (position ,length) to longest match, and next symbol
    enco = [0 0 0];
    for y=(n-la):-1:1
      z = 0;
      while(z ~= la && (window(y+z) == window(n-la+z+1)))
	z += 1;
      endwhile
		
      if enco(2) < z
	enco(1) = y-1;
	enco(2) = z;
	enco(3) = window(n-la+z+1);
      endif
    endfor

    ## encoded message
    if x == len
      c = enco;
    else
      c = [c ; enco];
    endif

    x -= enco(2)+1;
  endwhile
endfunction

%!demo
%! lz77enco([0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 0 0],3,9,18)