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Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/mgrove36/python-projects

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Matthew Grove
2020-02-23 09:34:54 +00:00
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# import module to sort characters in order of frequency
from collections import Counter
# function to find path of desired character
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ for item in info:
frequencies.append(item[1])
# repeat until only one top-level node exists
while len(nodes) > 1:
while len(nodes) > 2:
# combine two least frequent characters' nodes into a new tuple node, containing the old nodes (old_node_1, old_node_2)
new_node = (nodes[0], nodes[1])
# combine two least frequent characters' frequencies into a total frequency, to be used at the top level of the list of nodes