hamming

hamming, a Python code which implements some simple versions of Hamming codes which can detect and correct errors in data.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

hamming is available in a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.

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Reference:

1. Nick Berry,
   Hamming Codes,
   https://datagenetics.com/blog/january42016/index.html
   Posted 04 January 2016.

Source Code:

• hamming.py, the source code.
• hamming.sh, runs all the tests;
• hamming.txt, the output file.