R(uby)Enc(ode)Dec(oder)

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Purpose

Created to fill a need in supplying two arrays (a,b) of varying size and representing a third array (c) that uses items from the first array (a) and reversably encodes it into items from the second array (b) and returns the fourth array (d). Decoding using the same arrays should turn fourth array (d) into the third array (c). Examples include letters to numbers, musical notes to colors, or any other grouping of objects describable as an array of words.

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Installation

Install rencdec via rubygems and/or bundler

Rubygems

gem install rencdec

Bundler

gem "rencdec", "~> 0.0.1"

Examples

Example A

Simple letters to numbers.

data =  'hello'.chars.map(&:to_sym)   #=> [:h, :e, :l, :l, :o]
current = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'.chars.map(&:to_sym)   #=> [:a, :b, :c, :d, :e, :f, :g, :h, :i, :j, :k, :l, :m, :n, :o, :p, :q, :r, :s, :t, :u, :v, :w, :x, :y, :z]
target = (0..9).to_a   #=> [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
rencdec = Rencdec.new(current_data: data, current_encoding: current, target_encoding: target)
rencdec.encode  #=> [3, 2, 7, 6, 8, 7, 2]
rencdec.decode  #=> [:h, :e, :l, :l, :o]
rencdec.verify  #=> true

Example B

Arbitrary letters to other letters.

rencdec = Rencdec.new(current_data: [:q,:w,:e,:r,:t,:y], current_encoding: [:e,:q,:r,:t,:w,:y], target_encoding: [:a,:b,:c,:d])
rencdec.encode  #=> [:d, :a, :c, :d, :d, :d, :d]
rencdec.decode  #=> [:q, :w, :e, :r, :t, :y]
rencdec.verify  #=> true

Example C

Musical notes to colors.

data = [:c,:d,:e,:f,:g,:a,:b,:c]
current = [:c,:cs,:d,:ds,:e,:f,:fs,:g,:gs,:a,:as,:b]
target = %w{red violet blue green yellow orange}.map(&:to_sym)  #=> [:red, :violet, :blue, :green, :yellow, :orange]
rencdec = Rencdec.new(current_data: data, current_encoding: current, target_encoding: target)
rencdec.encode  #=> [:yellow, :violet, :violet, :orange, :red, :blue, :green, :yellow, :red]
rencdec.decode  #=> [:c, :d, :e, :f, :g, :a, :b, :c]
rencdec.verify  #=> true