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#Write it in binary.
#Count the bits and write down that number of bits in binary (X).
#Use the binary digit written in step 1 again, remove the leading bit and write down the remaining bits (Y).
#Append the second binary digit (Y) to the first binary digit (X).
#Count the bits written in step 2 (X), substract 1 from that number and prepend that many zeros.

An equivalent way to express the same process:
#Separate the integer into the highest power of 2 it contains (2''N' '') and the remaining ''N''' binary digits of the integer.
#Encode ''N = N' + 1'' with Elias Gamma Coding .
#Append the remaining ''N''' binary digits to this representation of ''N''.

The code begins:
1 = 20 => N' = 0, N = 1 => 1
2 = 21 + ''0'' => N' = 1, N = 2 => 010''0''
3 = 21 + ''1'' => N' = 1, N = 2 => 010''1''
4 = 22 + ''0'' => N' = 2, N = 3 => 011''00''
5 = 22 + ''1'' => N' = 2, N = 3 => 011''01''
6 = 22 + ''2'' => N' = 2, N = 3 => 011''10''
7 = 22 + ''3'' => N' = 2, N = 3 => 011''11''
8 = 23 + ''0'' => N' = 3, N = 4 => 00100''000''
9 = 23 + ''1'' => N' = 3, N = 4 => 00100''001''
10 = 23 + ''2'' => N' = 3, N = 4 => 00100''010''
11 = 23 + ''3'' => N' = 3, N = 4 => 00100''011''
12 = 23 + ''4'' => N' = 3, N = 4 => 00100''100''
13 = 23 + ''5'' => N' = 3, N = 4 => 00100''101''
14 = 23 + ''6'' => N' = 3, N = 4 => 00100''110''
15 = 23 + ''7'' => N' = 3, N = 4 => 00100''111''
16 = 24 + ''0'' => N' = 4, N = 5 => 00101''0000''
17 = 24 + ''1'' => N' = 4, N = 5 => 00101''0001''

To decode an Elias delta-coded integer:
#Read and count zeroes from the stream until you reach the first one. Call this count of zeroes ''L''.
#Considering the one that was reached to be the first digit of an integer, with a value of 2''L'', read the remaining ''L'' digits of the integer. Call this integer ''N''.
#Put a one in the first place of our final output, representing the value 2''N-1''. Read and append the following ''N-1'' digits.

Example:
001010001
1. 2 leading zeros in 001
2. read 2 more bits i.e. 00101
3. decode N = 00101 = 5
4. get N' = 5 - 1 = 4 remaining bits for the complete code i.e. '0001'
5. encoded number = 24 + 1 = 17

This code can be generalized to zero or negative integers in the same ways described in Elias Gamma Coding .


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