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Calcite | Level 5

Calcite | Level 5

Compression

Posted 06-27-2016 04:48 AM (1151 views)

Hi everybody,

I have the system option COMPRESS=BINARY. In this case I use RDC, combines run-length encoding and sliding-window compression to compress the file.

What is sliding-window compression?

Best regards, Cons.

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Super User

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Re: Compression

Posted 06-27-2016 05:34 AM (1361 views) | In reply to cons

See here:

http://akbar.marlboro.edu/~mahoney/support/alg/alg/node170.html

(third google hit for "sliding window compression")

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Super User

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Re: Compression

Posted 06-27-2016 05:34 AM (1362 views) | In reply to cons

See here:

http://akbar.marlboro.edu/~mahoney/support/alg/alg/node170.html

(third google hit for "sliding window compression")

Maxims of Maximally Efficient SAS Programmers
How to convert datasets to data steps
The macro for direct download as ZIP
How to post code
Please vote for Provide Sequential Search Capability for Hash Objects
How to deal with locked files on UNIX