On 09/12/2012 07:20 AM, Aaron Pilgrim wrote:
> Hello,
> I am trying to write a small program that converts ascii to binary.
>
> I tried using the python reference library section 18.8 but had
> trouble understanding how to make it work.
If you supplied a link, we might be able to figure out what section 10.8
is. It'll vary between versions of Python. And in version 2.7, there
doesn't seem to be a section 10.8
http://docs.python.org/reference/index.html#reference-index
It would also be useful to specify the version of Python that this is
for. But on the assumption that it's either 2.6 or 2.7, try the
following link:
http://docs.python.org/library/functions.html#bin
if that's not what you want, then you'd better give us some sample input
and output, or give the usage context or quote the assigmment.
> Here is the code I am currently trying to use:
>
> def main():
> import binascii
> myWord = input("Enter the word to convert..")
> #convert text to ascii
> for ch in myWord:
> print(ord(ch))
> #convert ascii to binary
> binascii.a2b_uu(ord(ch))
That function converts a line of uuencoded data to the binary data that
generated it. Your ch isn't a line of uuencoded data, and you don't do
anything with the return value. Besides, your subject line implies you
want the reverse order.
> main()
>
>
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DaveA
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