String of bits to binary format Python

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This seems really simple but I can't figure it out. I have a string of bits in a string format and want to convert it to a binary format. I assumed placing the string inside of the bin() function would work but it doesn't.

string = "01101"

print(bin(string))

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Mas Zero · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-14 07:32:02Z

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string = "01101"
print(bin(int(string,2)))

answered Sep 14, 2020 at 7:32

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Wolph · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-14 07:32:40Z

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It depends what you mean by binary format.

Here's a few examples of what you can do:

>>> int('01101', 2)
13

>>> number = 13

>>> bin(number)
'0b1101'

>>> oct(number)
'0o15'

>>> hex(number)
'0xd'

>>> f'{number:08b}'
'00001101'

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Tom Lightfoot Over a year ago

Didn't realize you could specify a base within the int function, thanks.

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