/* encode.h */
#include <math.h>

/* this is tha datastructure returned by the encoding subroutine  */
/* the encoded data contains two parts - the number of bytes read */
/* and the size of the compressed file.                           */
typedef struct
   {
      int   input_size; /* size of input file */
      int   output_size; /* size of output file */
} encode_data_type;

/* This procedure encodes the data in input file using BPC bits per code,*/
/*and writes the compressed data in output file */
encode_data_type LZencode(FILE *input_file_name, FILE *output_file_name,int BPC);