Convert string to binary

[psichoman5]

Hi!, i need to convert the string of a function in binary. In this case, i need to convert the return of the function swap() into binary to compare it in Mensaje_codificado() but it doesn't work. This is my script: - Thanks!

Binary function:

def numero_binario(x):
        i = 0
        b = []
        while i < len(x):
                s = bin(ord(x[i]))
                a = s.replace('0b', '0')
                if len(a) == 8:
                        b.append(a)
                else:
                        a = a.zfill(8)
                        b.append(a)
                i += 1

        c = "".join(str(i) for i in b)

        return c

Swap function:

def swap():
    i = 0
    while i <= 255:
            j = i + int(cadena_inicio()[i])
            aux = lista[i]
            lista[i] = lista[j]
            lista[j] = aux
            i += 1
    h = "".join(str(i) for i in lista)

    return h[:255]

Mensaje_codificado() function:

def Mensaje_codificado():
        a = numero_binario(sys.stdin.readline())
        mensaje_codificado = []
        i = 0
        while len(mensaje_codificado) < len(a)):
                if a[i] == numero_binario(swap())[i]:
                        mensaje_codificado.append(0)
                else:
                        mensaje_codificado.append(1)
        i += 1

        return mensaje_codificado

print(Mensaje_codificado())

[TrustyTony]

You can reverse a string my doing

the_string[::-1]

There are also built in function for reverse reversed which produces reversed object which you can use for same purpose.

It actually creates a new string, why you are limiting your self to 255 elements, no need for such limit.

int function returns the value of binary number, for example

print(int('10001',2))

prints 7.

[vegaseat]

You can also check
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/bitarray/

[Lardmeister]

Interesting problem. You might want to test your functions one by one.

''' str_8bits.py
represent a string in bytes of 8 bits
'''

def string2bits(s):
    '''
    convert a string of characters s to a string of 8 bits per character
    '''
    b = ""
    for c in s:
        b += "{:08b}".format(ord(c))
    return b

# testing
bs = string2bits('abc')
print(bs)
# slice off the last 8 bits
print(bs[-8:])
# convert back to character
print(chr(int(bs[-8:], 2)))

''' output -->
011000010110001001100011
01100011
c
'''

[Gribouillis]

I have a fast function in this snippet click here.