Author: Unknown
Subject: length of codes in LZW
Date: Sunday, 11 Oct 2020, 20:43:01

In a Huffman code we can send over short bits as a code (e.g., 011 or 1011) and not all of the codes are the same size correct? In particular, the codes can have a different number of bits so we send short codes for more frequent chars and longer codes for less frequent. 

Why can we not send different lengths of codes in the LZW table then? Why must all codes have the same number of bits?