Huffman Encoding

November 8, 2024 | Reading Time: 6 min

Recently I joined an algorithms Meetup event, which was targeted at people studying for tech interviews. The event was really useful and it was interesting to hear other people’s perspectives, but this is not the main point of this post! This event is how I came across an algorithm I hadn’t heard of before called Huffman encoding. I’ve looked at quite a few coding interview questions but never heard of this algorithm so I started investigating a few days ago…