How do I make a program that creates a code that can translate a binary code to set letters?

Question

1.50/5 (2 votes)

See more:

Our groups weekly project is to make a program in Python that creates code and can decode messages based on the given code.
There would be three alternatives, X, Y and Z.
X is coded with binary string "0"
Y is coded with binary string "10"
Z is coded with binary string "11"

Our main issue is to get the program to analyze this code: "00101001100000" into the message it would give if the binary code got "translated" into the original message that would be presented in X, Y and Z. That would mean the message would show XXYYXZXXXXX. If anything I wrote is unclear please write back. I had to translate this from my mother tongue.

Posted 29-Jan-16 1:55am

Member 12295315

Add a Solution

2 solutions

Solution 2

Oh ok, still thanks a lot, our deadline was midnight today, and as far as I can see most of our class had struggled way too much with this task. We are pretty new to python and programming in general. I totally get that you are not here to do my homework, so I'm sorry for asking too much. Still every clue helps a lot. I appreciate all help I can get. You see, we were forced to submit what we had done because of the deadline and I didn't want to move on while this task remains unsolved. So I'll use the hints you gave me and I'll try to solve it.

I'll also try to ask differently in the future and not ask for too much.
Again thanks a lot!

Posted 29-Jan-16 9:48am

Member 12295315

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-29T02:31:00

We do not do your homework: it is set for a reason. It is there so that you think about what you have been told, and try to understand it. It is also there so that your tutor can identify areas where you are weak, and focus more attention on remedial action.

Try it yourself, you may find it is not as difficult as you think!

If you meet a specific problem, then please ask about that and we will do our best to help. But we aren't going to do it all for you!

But this isn't complicated. Start by thinking how you would do it manually: you would look at a character from the input and decide if it's a zero or a one, then remove it from the list (hint: use an index, and all you have to do is increment it)
If it's a zero, you'd print an "X" and move on.
If it's a one, you do the same thing with the next character, and print a "Y" or a "Z" as necessary.
Continue until you run out of characters!
The only slight complication is making sure that if it ends with a one you don't fail - but that's pretty trivial when you think about it!

Try it! See what happens. You will learn a lot more by doing than by getting others to do it for you...