FUNCTION Rle_Encode$(txt$)

    LOCAL result$, c$ = LEFT$(txt$, 1)
    LOCAL total = 1

    FOR x = 2 TO LEN(txt$)
        IF c$ = MID$(txt$, x, 1) THEN
            INCR total
        ELSE
            result$ = result$ & STR$(total) & c$
            c$ = MID$(txt$, x, 1)
            total = 1
        END IF
    NEXT

    RETURN result$ & STR$(total) & c$

END FUNCTION

FUNCTION Rle_Decode$(txt$)

    LOCAL nr$, result$

    FOR x = 1 TO LEN(txt$)
        IF REGEX(MID$(txt$, x, 1), "[[:digit:]]") THEN
            nr$ = nr$ & MID$(txt$, x, 1)
        ELSE
            result$ = result$ & FILL$(VAL(nr$), ASC(MID$(txt$, x, 1)))
            nr$ = ""
        END IF
    NEXT

    RETURN result$

END FUNCTION

rle_data$ = "WWWWWWWWWWWWBWWWWWWWWWWWWBBBWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWBWWWWWWWWWWWWWW"

PRINT "RLEData: ", rle_data$
encoded$ = Rle_Encode$(rle_data$)
PRINT "Encoded: ", encoded$
PRINT "Decoded: ", Rle_Decode$(encoded$)