Best non-alpha/numeric characters for compression?
Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 12:27 pm
What are the best single characters for compression?
In example I'll be imploding a lot of property+values together separated by a character. I will then compress the string so I'm wondering since I can choose what character I can use for that separator which non-alpha/numeric character would yield the greatest compression level?
With the same type and level of compression for example five hundred periods versus five hundred question marks...I would presume on a half-educated guess that it takes fewer 1s and more 0s to define a dot then all the dots that makeup a question mark character and thus yield a smaller size/greater level of compression?
Thoughts?
In example I'll be imploding a lot of property+values together separated by a character. I will then compress the string so I'm wondering since I can choose what character I can use for that separator which non-alpha/numeric character would yield the greatest compression level?
With the same type and level of compression for example five hundred periods versus five hundred question marks...I would presume on a half-educated guess that it takes fewer 1s and more 0s to define a dot then all the dots that makeup a question mark character and thus yield a smaller size/greater level of compression?
Thoughts?