Arithmetic coding (encoding + decoding)

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Arithmetic coding is a sophisticated method to compress data based on the probability of occurrence of each unique symbol in a message.

To encode a message, we can do as follows:

Step 1: Calculate the frequency of occurrences of each unique character/ symbol in the message. Th...