diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f8f4615..f045c5a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ Try to keep the interface and variable name consistent with the original book wh
   * [TST](algs4/tst.py)
   * [KMP](algs4/kmp.py)
   * [NFA](algs4/nfa.py)
+  * [Huffman](algs4/huffman.py)
+  * [LZW](algs4/lzw.py)
 
 ## License
 
diff --git a/algs4/binarydump.py b/algs4/binarydump.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1416e30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/algs4/binarydump.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+"""
+ *  Execution:    python binarydump.py n < file
+ *  Data file:    https://introcs.cs.princeton.edu/stdlib/abra.txt
+ *  
+ *  Reads in a binary file and writes out the bits, n per line.
+ *
+ *  % more abra.txt 
+ *  ABRACADABRA!
+ *
+ *  % python binarydump.py 16 < abra.txt
+ *  0100000101000010
+ *  0101001001000001
+ *  0100001101000001
+ *  0100010001000001
+ *  0100001001010010
+ *  0100000100100001
+ *  96 bits
+ *
+"""
+
+import sys
+from algs4.binarystdin import BinaryStdin
+
+bits_per_line = 16
+if len(sys.argv) == 2:
+    bits_per_line = int(sys.argv[1])
+count = 0
+while not BinaryStdin.is_empty():
+    if bits_per_line == 0:
+        BinaryStdin.read_bool()
+        continue
+    elif count != 0 and count % bits_per_line == 0:
+        print()
+    if BinaryStdin.read_bool():
+        print(1, end="")
+    else:
+        print(0, end="")
+    count += 1
+if bits_per_line != 0:
+    print()
+print(count, "bits")
diff --git a/algs4/binarystdin.py b/algs4/binarystdin.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a14e43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/algs4/binarystdin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import sys
+
+
+class BinaryStdin:
+    buffer = 0
+    n = 0
+    initialized = False
+
+    @classmethod
+    def read_str(cls):
+        if cls.is_empty():
+            raise Exception("reading from empty input stream")
+        s = []
+        while not cls.is_empty():
+            b = cls.read_byte()
+            s.append(chr(b))
+        return "".join(s)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def read_int(cls):
+        if cls.is_empty():
+            raise Exception("reading from empty input stream")
+        x = 0
+        for i in range(4):
+            b = cls.read_byte()
+            x <<= 8
+            x |= b
+        return x
+
+    @classmethod
+    def read_int_r(cls, r):
+        if r < 1 or r > 32:
+            raise Exception("invalid r")
+        if r == 32:
+            return cls.read_int()
+        x = 0
+        for i in range(r):
+            x <<= 1
+            bit = cls.read_bool()
+            if bit:
+                x |= 1
+        return x
+
+    @classmethod
+    def read_byte(cls):
+        if cls.is_empty():
+            raise Exception("reading from empty input stream")
+        if cls.n == 8:
+            b = cls.buffer
+            cls.fill_buffer()
+            return b
+        x = cls.buffer
+        x <<= (8-cls.n)
+        old_n = cls.n
+        cls.fill_buffer()
+        cls.n = old_n
+        x |= (cls.buffer >> cls.n)
+        return x & 0xff
+
+    @classmethod
+    def read_bool(cls):
+        if cls.is_empty():
+            raise Exception("reading from empty input stream")
+        cls.n -= 1
+        bit = (cls.buffer >> cls.n & 1) == 1
+        if cls.n == 0:
+            cls.fill_buffer()
+        return bit
+
+    @classmethod
+    def fill_buffer(cls):
+        byte = sys.stdin.buffer.read(1)
+        if byte == b'':
+            cls.buffer = EOFError
+            cls.n = -1
+            return
+        cls.n = 8
+        cls.buffer = ord(byte)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def initialize(cls):
+        cls.fill_buffer()
+        cls.initialized = True
+
+    @classmethod
+    def is_empty(cls):
+        if not cls.initialized:
+            cls.initialize()
+        return cls.buffer == EOFError
diff --git a/algs4/binarystdout.py b/algs4/binarystdout.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6c66d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/algs4/binarystdout.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import sys
+
+
+class BinaryStdout:
+    buffer = 0
+    n = 0
+
+    @classmethod
+    def write_int(cls, x):
+        cls.write_byte((x >> 24) & 0xff)
+        cls.write_byte((x >> 16) & 0xff)
+        cls.write_byte((x >> 8) & 0xff)
+        cls.write_byte((x >> 0) & 0xff)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def write_bits(cls, x, r):
+        if r < 1 or r > 32:
+            raise Exception("invalid r")
+        if r == 32:
+            return cls.write_int(x)
+        for i in range(r):
+            bit = ((x >> (r - i - 1)) & 1) == 1
+            cls.write_bit(bit)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def write_byte(cls, b):
+        for i in range(8):
+            bit = ((b >> (8 - i - 1)) & 1) == 1
+            cls.write_bit(bit)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def write_bit(cls, bit):
+        cls.buffer <<= 1
+        if bit:
+            cls.buffer |= 1
+
+        cls.n += 1
+        if cls.n == 8:
+            cls.clear_buffer()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def clear_buffer(cls):
+        if cls.n == 0:
+            return
+        if cls.n > 0:
+            cls.buffer <<= (8-cls.n)
+        sys.stdout.buffer.write(bytes([cls.buffer]))
+        cls.n = 0
+        cls.buffer = 0
+
+    @classmethod
+    def close(cls):
+        cls.clear_buffer()
diff --git a/algs4/huffman.py b/algs4/huffman.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a1428d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/algs4/huffman.py
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+"""
+ *  Execution:    python huffman.py - < input.txt   (compress)
+ *  Execution:    python huffman.py + < input.txt   (expand)
+ *  Data files:   https://algs4.cs.princeton.edu/55compression/abra.txt
+ *                https://algs4.cs.princeton.edu/55compression/tinytinyTale.txt
+ *                https://algs4.cs.princeton.edu/55compression/medTale.txt
+ *                https://algs4.cs.princeton.edu/55compression/tale.txt
+ *
+ *  Compress or expand a binary input stream using the Huffman algorithm.
+ *
+ *  % python huffman.py - < abra.txt | python binarydump.py 60
+ *  010100000100101000100010010000110100001101010100101010000100
+ *  000000000000000000000000000110001111100101101000111110010100
+ *  120 bits
+ *
+ *  % python huffman.py - < abra.txt | python huffman.py +
+ *  ABRACADABRA!
+ *
+"""
+
+from algs4.binarystdin import BinaryStdin
+from algs4.binarystdout import BinaryStdout
+from algs4.min_pq import MinPQ
+
+
+class Node:
+    def __init__(self, ch, freq, left, right):
+        self.ch = ch
+        self.freq = freq
+        self.left = left
+        self.right = right
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return "%s %d" % (self.ch, self.freq)
+
+    def is_leaf(self):
+        return self.left == None and self.right == None
+
+    def __lt__(self, other):
+        return self.freq < other.freq
+
+    def __gt__(self, other):
+        return self.freq > other.freq
+
+
+class Huffman:
+    R = 256
+    @classmethod
+    def compress(cls):
+        s = BinaryStdin.read_str()
+        freq = [0 for _ in range(cls.R)]
+        for i in range(len(s)):
+            freq[ord(s[i])] += 1
+
+        # build huffman trie
+        root = cls.build_trie(freq)
+
+        # build code table
+        st = [None for _ in range(cls.R)]
+        cls.build_code(st, root, "")
+
+        # print trie for decoder
+        cls.write_trie(root)
+
+        # print number of bytes in original uncompressed message
+        BinaryStdout.write_int(len(s))
+        # use Huffman code to encode input
+        for i in range(len(s)):
+            code = st[ord(s[i])]
+            for j in range(len(code)):
+                if code[j] == "0":
+                    BinaryStdout.write_bit(False)
+                elif code[j] == "1":
+                    BinaryStdout.write_bit(True)
+        BinaryStdout.close()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def build_trie(cls, freq):
+        pq = MinPQ()
+        for c in range(cls.R):
+            if freq[c] > 0:
+                pq.insert(Node(chr(c), freq[c], None, None))
+        while pq.size() > 1:
+            left = pq.del_min()
+            right = pq.del_min()
+            parent = Node(chr(0), left.freq+right.freq, left, right)
+            pq.insert(parent)
+        return pq.del_min()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def write_trie(cls, x):
+        if x.is_leaf():
+            BinaryStdout.write_bit(True)
+            BinaryStdout.write_byte(ord(x.ch))
+            return
+        BinaryStdout.write_bit(False)
+        cls.write_trie(x.left)
+        cls.write_trie(x.right)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def build_code(cls, st, x, s):
+        if not x.is_leaf():
+            cls.build_code(st, x.left, s+"0")
+            cls.build_code(st, x.right, s+"1")
+        else:
+            st[ord(x.ch)] = s
+
+    @classmethod
+    def expand(cls):
+        root = read_trie()
+        length = BinaryStdin.read_int()
+        for i in range(length):
+            x = root
+            while not x.is_leaf():
+                bit = BinaryStdin.read_bool()
+                if bit:
+                    x = x.right
+                else:
+                    x = x.left
+            BinaryStdout.write_byte(ord(x.ch))
+
+
+def read_trie():
+    is_leaf = BinaryStdin.read_bool()
+    if is_leaf:
+        return Node(chr(BinaryStdin.read_byte()), 0, None, None)
+    return Node(chr(0), 0, read_trie(), read_trie())
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import sys
+    if sys.argv[1] == "-":
+        Huffman.compress()
+    else:
+        Huffman.expand()
diff --git a/algs4/min_pq.py b/algs4/min_pq.py
index 1281a2c..4f7b670 100644
--- a/algs4/min_pq.py
+++ b/algs4/min_pq.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def sink(self, k):
             if j < N - 1 and self.pq[j] > self.pq[j + 1]:
                 j += 1
 
-            if self.pq[k] < self.pq[j]:
+            if not self.pq[j] < self.pq[k]:
                 break
 
             self.pq[k], self.pq[j] = self.pq[j], self.pq[k]