""" Helper methods for binary package Author: Ian Doarn """ def pad(value, return_type=str): ''' Pad binary value with zeros :param value: string :param return_type: string ''' if type(value) is not str: raise TypeError("pad only accepts str, not {}".format(str(type(value)))) if len(value) % 4 != 0: pad_amount = 4 - (len(value) % 4) return return_type(('0' * pad_amount) + value) else: return return_type(value) def to_string(binary_array, delimiter=' '): """ Convert binary array to string """ if type(binary_array) is not list: raise TypeError("to_string only accepts lists, not {}".format(str(type(value)))) return delimiter.join(binary_array)