RosettaCodeData/Task/Entropy/Common-Lisp/entropy-2.lisp

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Common Lisp

(defun entropy (string &aux (length (length string)))
(declare (type string string))
(let ((table (make-hash-table)))
(loop for char across string
do (incf (gethash char table 0)))
(- (loop for freq being each hash-value in table
for freq/length = (/ freq length)
sum (* freq/length (log freq/length 2))))))