pygorithm/pygorithm/binary/binary_utils.py at master · mikechen66/pygorithm · GitHub

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"""

Helper methods for binary package

Author: Ian Doarn

"""

def pad(value, return_type=str):

'''

Pad binary value with zeros

:param value: string

:param return_type: string

'''

if type(value) is not str:

raise TypeError("pad only accepts str, not {}".format(str(type(value))))

if len(value) % 4 != 0:

pad_amount = 4 - (len(value) % 4)

return return_type(('0' * pad_amount) + value)

else:

return return_type(value)

def to_string(binary_array, delimiter=' '):

"""

Convert binary array to string

"""

if type(binary_array) is not list:

raise TypeError("to_string only accepts lists, not {}".format(str(type(value))))

return delimiter.join(binary_array)

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