Huffman Encoding and Decoding

Encodes and decodes a file and creates character histogram with it.

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This implements an easy and efficient Huffman coding algorithm and brute force decoding algorithm. The char_hist function creates the histogram of symbols and read_file function reads the data to be compressed. Here we are assuming text data.

Cite As

Sazzad Sayyed (2026). Huffman Encoding and Decoding (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/67441-huffman-encoding-and-decoding), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

Acknowledgements

Inspired: Huffman encoding and decoding

General Information

MATLAB Release Compatibility

  • Compatible with any release

Platform Compatibility

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
Version Published Release Notes Action
1.0.0.0