#/usr/bin/python3 # ==================================================================== # convert a byte to bits # ==================================================================== # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # ---- convert a byte to bits # ---- return a list of 1s and 0s as integers # -------------------------------------------------------------------- def byte1(byt): bit_list = [int(i) for i in f"{byt:08b}"] return bit_list # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # ---- convert a byte to bits # ---- return a string of 1s and 0s as characters # ---- # ---- FYI: b = bin(byt) # ---- print(f'bin(byt) = {type(b)} ({b})') # -------------------------------------------------------------------- def byte2(byt): bit_str = bin(byt)[2:].rjust(8,'0') return bit_str # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # ---- main # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # ---- 'A' = 0X41 (0100 0001) print(f"ord('A') = {ord('A'):x} hex") byt = ord('A') print() x = byte1(byt) print(f'type={type(x)} {x}') print() x = byte2(byt) print(f'type={type(x)} {x}')