TheRock/rocm-libraries/projects/rocthrust/examples/run_length_decoding.cu

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#include <thrust/binary_search.h>
#include <thrust/copy.h>
#include <thrust/device_vector.h>
#include <thrust/gather.h>
#include <thrust/iterator/counting_iterator.h>
#include <thrust/scan.h>

#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>

// This example decodes a run-length code [1] for an array of characters.
//
// [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run-length_encoding

int main(void)
{
  // allocate storage for compressed input and run lengths
  thrust::device_vector<char> input(6);
  thrust::device_vector<int> lengths(6);
  input[0]   = 'a';
  lengths[0] = 3;
  input[1]   = 'b';
  lengths[1] = 5;
  input[2]   = 'c';
  lengths[2] = 1;
  input[3]   = 'd';
  lengths[3] = 2;
  input[4]   = 'e';
  lengths[4] = 9;
  input[5]   = 'f';
  lengths[5] = 2;

  // print the initial data
  std::cout << "run-length encoded input:" << std::endl;
  for (size_t i = 0; i < 6; i++)
  {
    std::cout << "(" << input[i] << "," << lengths[i] << ")";
  }
  std::cout << std::endl << std::endl;

  // scan the lengths
  thrust::inclusive_scan(lengths.begin(), lengths.end(), lengths.begin());

  // output size is sum of the run lengths
  int N = lengths.back();

  // compute input index for each output element
  thrust::device_vector<int> indices(N);
  thrust::lower_bound(
    lengths.begin(),
    lengths.end(),
    thrust::counting_iterator<int>(1),
    thrust::counting_iterator<int>(N + 1),
    indices.begin());

  // gather input elements
  thrust::device_vector<char> output(N);
  thrust::gather(indices.begin(), indices.end(), input.begin(), output.begin());

  // print the initial data
  std::cout << "decoded output:" << std::endl;
  thrust::copy(output.begin(), output.end(), std::ostream_iterator<char>(std::cout, ""));
  std::cout << std::endl;

  return 0;
}