[Tutor] string to binary and back... Python 3

[Prasad, Ramit]

> A question I have for the group before I respond is a option that I saw
> that I had earlier was to ord() each element of a string and then bin()
> that number. But since bin() produces a string I could not figure out
> the correct way to attach two bin() outputs back together again due to
> the leading 'b' and even if I use lstrip('b') I was not sure if that
> would be correct?

bin(integer).split('b')[1].zfill( multiple_of_eight )

> My next hesitation is can the same or at least similar techniques be
> applied to a file? I want to be able to work on both files and strings.

Probably, but it depends on what you are trying to do and what
data you are dealing with.

Ramit
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