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pretty/analyze_byte_string.lua

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require 'fun' ()
local utf8 = require 'utf8'
local ASCII_CHAR_PATTERN = '[\32-\126\009\010\013]'
local UNICODE_CHAR_PATTERN = '[\01-\127\192-\255][\128-\191]*'
local function ledgible_subsequences_in (str)
return totable(str:gmatch(ASCII_CHAR_PATTERN..'+'))
end
local function probability_of_ascii_string (str)
local sub_seqs = ledgible_subsequences_in(str)
local nr_characters = #str
local nr_ledgible_characters = foldl(operator.add, map(operator.len, sub_seqs))
local len_of_longest_subseq = foldl(math.max, map(operator.len, sub_seqs))
return ((len_of_longest_subseq/nr_ledgible_characters) + (nr_ledgible_characters / nr_characters)) / 2
end
local function probability_of_utf8_string (str)
local valid_bytes = 0
for char, valid in utf8.iterate(str) do
if valid then valid_bytes = valid_bytes + #char end
end
return valid_bytes / #str
end
local function probability_of_utf16_string (str)
return 0
end
local function probability_of_binary_data (str)
return 2/3
end
local str_representations = {
ascii = probability_of_ascii_string,
utf8 = probability_of_utf8_string ,
utf16 = probability_of_utf16_string,
binary = probability_of_binary_data,
}
return function (str)
local str_info, most_likely, most_likely_prob = {}, 'ascii', 0
for repr_name, prob_func in pairs(str_representations) do
local prob = prob_func(str)
str_info[repr_name..'_prob'] = prob
if prob >= most_likely_prob then
most_likely, most_likely_prob = repr_name, prob
end
end
str_info.most_likely = most_likely
return str_info
end