Function total_entropy 

pub fn total_entropy<F: Float + FromPrimitive>(data: &[u8]) -> F

Calculates the total Shannon entropy of a byte slice.

Shannon entropy measures the average information content per byte, multiplied by the length this returns the total entropy of the byte slice.

Arguments

• data - A byte slice to analyze

Returns

The total entropy of data

Example

Calculating total entropy of a String

use shannon::total_entropy;

let text = String::from("AABB");
let e = total_entropy::<f64>(text.as_bytes());
assert_eq!(e, 4.0);