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[Dave Angel]

On 01/12/2013 12:32 PM, Ali Raza Ghasemi wrote:
> I have to make a program that adds binary numbers together. The program has to accept two binary values (up to 8 binary digits) and output their total in binary. The output should not contain any leading zeros.
> I have a problem in that I don't know how to limit the number digits to 8 as it accepts however many digits you enter, I also want the  program to ignore anything other than 8-bit 0s and 1s. It is a python version 3.2.3
> Here is my code:
>
> def add_binary_numbers(num1, num2):
>     while True:
>         return num1 + num2
>         if len(str(num1)) > 8:
>             print("Please enter an 8 bit binary number")
>             continue"
> num1 = int(input('please enter the first 8 bit binary number: '),2)
> num2 = int(input('please enter the second 8 bit binary number: '),2)
> result = add_binary_numbers(num1, num2)
> print('the result is', bin(result)[2:])
>
>

See yesterday's thread in this same mailing list entitled
"Binary/Decimal convertor"  probably started by a classmate.



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DaveA