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Python

Posted by Deenu Khan
Deenu Khan
136 Points

BitsStuffing.py

this program suppose to change the 6th bit with 0 if all previous 5 bits are 1, but i don't know where i am wrong . can anyone help me with this.

import re

bits = input('Please Enter bits to Perform operation:- ')

bits_list = []

bits_list.extend(bits)

count = 0

replace = 0

for x in bits_list:

    replace +=1

    if x =='1':

        count +=1

        if count == 6:

            bits_list[replace-1] == '0'

            count =0

    if x == '0':

        count =0

print(bits_list)

1 Answer

Iain Simmons
MOD
Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 Points
Iain Simmons
Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 Points

I don't really get what you're trying to achieve here, but this line:

 bits_list[replace-1] == '0'

looks like it should be assigning a value rather than doing another comparison (i.e. one equals sign = instead of two ==):

 bits_list[replace-1] = '0'