RosettaCodeData/Task/Entropy/C++/entropy.cpp

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C++

#include <string>
#include <map>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
#include <cmath>
double log2( double number ) {
return log( number ) / log( 2 ) ;
}
int main( int argc , char *argv[ ] ) {
std::string teststring( argv[ 1 ] ) ;
std::map<char , int> frequencies ;
for ( char c : teststring )
frequencies[ c ] ++ ;
int numlen = teststring.length( ) ;
double infocontent = 0 ;
for ( std::pair<char , int> p : frequencies ) {
double freq = static_cast<double>( p.second ) / numlen ;
infocontent -= freq * log2( freq ) ;
}
std::cout << "The information content of " << teststring
<< " is " << infocontent << std::endl ;
return 0 ;
}