On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Robert Berman <berma...@cfl.rr.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to represent a number as a list of bits: for example the bit > representation of the integer 8. I did find a number of articles pertaining > to a module called bitarray but I was unable to download/install that > package. I am using Linux on Ubuntu 9.10; Python 2.6.2. > > I am almost certain there is a relatively easy way to convert an integer > that can be represented by 32 bits into an array of bits that I can iterate > over looking for switched on bits or switched off bits.
If all you want to do is test bits, you can do that directly using bit-wise logical operators & and |. There is no need to convert to a different representation. For example In [1]: 0xff & 4 Out[1]: 4 In [2]: 0xf0 & 4 Out[2]: 0 Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
