[Tutor] convert ascii to binary

[Dave Angel]

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