BZIP2 is a format for data compression which uses the Burrows-Wheeler compression algorithm.

The Import command can encode and decode data in this format, and the ArrayTools[Compress] and ArrayTools[Uncompress] commands also support it.

Content-Type: application/zip

$\mathrm{file}≔\mathrm{FileTools}:-\mathrm{JoinPath}\left(\left[''example/newton.bz2''\right]\,\mathrm{base}=\mathrm{datadir}\right)$

$''C:\backslash Program\; Files\backslash Maple\; 2018\backslash data\backslash example\backslash newton.bz2''$

$\mathrm{data}≔\mathrm{Import}\left(\mathrm{file}\right)$

$\mathrm{data}≔\left[\begin{array}{cccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc}73& 102& 32& 73& 32& 104& 97& 118& 101& 32& 115& 101& 101& 110& 32& 102& 117& 114& 116& 104& 101& 114& 44& 32& 105& 116& 32& 105& 115& 32& 98& 121& 32& 115& 116& 97& 110& 100& 105& 110& 103& 32& 111& 110& 32& 116& 104& 101& 32& 115& 104& 111& 117& 108& 100& 101& 114& 115& 32& 111& 102& 32& 103& 105& 97& 110& 116& 115& 46& 10\end{array}\right]$

$\mathrm{StringTools}:-\mathrm{FromByteArray}\left(\mathrm{data}\right)$

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