python-bitstring

bitstring is a pure Python module designed to help make the creation, manipulation and analysis of binary data as simple and natural as possible.

BitStrings can be constructed from integers (big and little endian), hex, octal, binary, strings or files. They can be sliced, joined, reversed, inserted into, overwritten, etc. with simple functions or slice notation. They can also be read from, searched and replaced, and navigated in, similar to a file or stream.

Internally the data is efficiently stored as byte arrays, the module has been optimized for speed, and excellent code coverage is given by over 300 unit tests. It is available for Python 2.4 / 2.5 and for Python 2.6 / 3.x.

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NewsMarch 18th 2010: Version 1.3.0 for Python 2.6 and 3.x releasedFor details see the ReleaseNotes.

View the Documentation HereIt contains a walk-through of all the features and a complete reference section.

ExamplesCreation:

>>> a = BitString(bin='00101')
>>> b = BitString(a_file_object)
>>> c = BitString('0xff, 0b101, 0o65, uint:6=22')
>>> d = pack('intle:16, hex=a, 0b1', 100, a='0x34f')
>>> e = pack('>> c.delete(4, 12)See the Wiki and the user manual for more examples.

Tags

  binary bitstring bit byte python bitvector bitarray hexadecimal octal bitset

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