RosettaCodeData/Task/Entropy/Emacs-Lisp/entropy-1.l

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Common Lisp

(defun shannon-entropy (input)
(let ((freq-table (make-hash-table))
(entropy 0)
(length (+ (length input) 0.0)))
(mapcar (lambda (x)
(puthash x
(+ 1 (gethash x freq-table 0))
freq-table))
input)
(maphash (lambda (k v)
(set 'entropy (+ entropy
(* (/ v length)
(log (/ v length) 2)))))
freq-table)
(- entropy)))