Misc · Function

lz4compress

Compresses a string using LZ4 compression.

function lz4compress(datadatastringThe uncompressed data.: string): stringstringThe LZ4-compressed bytes.

Usage

Compress / decompress

local text = "Hello, world! Hello, world! Goodbye, world!"
local comp = lz4compress(text)
print(#text, #comp) --> 43  34
print(lz4decompress(comp, #text)) --> Hello, world! Hello, world! Goodbye, world!