Entropy/Narcissist
Write a program that computes and shows its own entropy.
C
Minor edit to the Entropy answer.
Assumes that the source file is stored in the working directory as "entropy.c". <lang c>#include <stdio.h>
- include <stdlib.h>
- include <stdbool.h>
- include <string.h>
- include <math.h>
- define MAXLEN 961 //maximum string length
int makehist(char *S,int *hist,int len){ int wherechar[256]; int i,histlen; histlen=0; for(i=0;i<256;i++)wherechar[i]=-1; for(i=0;i<len;i++){ if(wherechar[(int)S[i]]==-1){ wherechar[(int)S[i]]=histlen; histlen++; } hist[wherechar[(int)S[i]]]++; } return histlen; }
double entropy(int *hist,int histlen,int len){ int i; double H; H=0; for(i=0;i<histlen;i++){ H-=(double)hist[i]/len*log2((double)hist[i]/len); } return H; }
int main(void){ char S[MAXLEN]; int len,*hist,histlen; double H; FILE *f; f=fopen("entropy.c","r"); for(len=0;!feof(f);len++)S[len]=fgetc(f); S[--len]='\0'; hist=(int*)calloc(len,sizeof(int)); histlen=makehist(S,hist,len); //hist now has no order (known to the program) but that doesn't matter H=entropy(hist,histlen,len); printf("%lf\n",H); return 0; }</lang>
- Output:
<lang>5.195143</lang>
J
Solution:<lang j> entropy=: +/@:-@(* 2&^.)@(#/.~ % #)
1!:2&2 entropy 1!:1 (4!:4 <'entropy') { 4!:3</lang>
Example:<lang j> load 'entropy.ijs' 4.73307</lang>
Perl 6
<lang Perl 6>say log(2) R/ [+] map -> \p { p * -log p }, $_.bag.values »/» +$_
given slurp($*PROGRAM_NAME).comb</lang>
- Output:
4.98893170929151
REXX
REXX doesn't have a BIF for LOG or LN, so the subroutine (function) LOG2 is included herein. <lang rexx>/*REXX program calculates the information entropy for this REXX program.*/ numeric digits 30 /*use thirty digits for precision*/ n=0; @.=0; $$=; $=
do m=1 for sourceline() /*obtain program source and ──► $*/ $=$ || sourceline(m) /*get a sourceLine of this pgm. */ end /*m*/
L=length($)
do j=1 for L; _=substr($,j,1) /*process each character in $ str*/ if @._==0 then do; n=n+1 /*if unique, bump char counter. */ $$=$$ || _ /*add this character to the list.*/ end @._ = @._+1 /*keep track of this char count. */ end /*j*/
sum=0 /*calc info entropy for each char*/
do i=1 for n; _=substr($$,i,1) /*obtain a char from unique list.*/ sum=sum - @._/L * log2(@._/L) /*add (negatively) the entropies.*/ end /*i*/
say 'program length: ' L say ' unique chars: ' n ; say say 'the information entropy of the string ──► ' format(sum,,12) " bits." exit /*stick a fork in it, we're done.*/ /*──────────────────────────────────LOG2 subroutine─────────────────────*/ log2: procedure; parse arg x 1 xx; ig= x>1.5; is=1-2*(ig\==1); ii=0 numeric digits digits()+5 /* [↓] precision of E must be > digits().*/ e=2.7182818284590452353602874713526624977572470936999595749669676277240766303535
do while ig & xx>1.5 | \ig&xx<.5; _=e; do k=-1; iz=xx* _**-is if k>=0 & (ig & iz<1 | \ig&iz>.5) then leave; _=_*_; izz=iz; end xx=izz; ii=ii+is*2**k; end; x=x* e**-ii-1; z=0; _=-1; p=z do k=1; _=-_*x; z=z+_/k; if z=p then leave; p=z; end /*k*/ r=z+ii; if arg()==2 then return r; return r/log2(2,0)</lang>
output
program length: 1827 unique chars: 69 the information entropy of this REXX program ──► 4.649522956153 bits.
Tcl
Note that this code doesn't bother to close the open handle on the script; it is only suitable as a demonstration program. <lang tcl>proc entropy {str} {
set log2 [expr log(2)] foreach char [split $str ""] {dict incr counts $char} set entropy 0.0 foreach count [dict values $counts] {
set freq [expr {$count / double([string length $str])}] set entropy [expr {$entropy - $freq * log($freq)/$log2}]
} return $entropy
}
puts [format "entropy = %.5f" [entropy [read [open [info script]]]]]</lang>
- Output:
entropy = 4.59099