Python Binary string to ASCII text

Question

x = "01100001"

How do i convert this string into ASCII

Expected Result:

print(x.somefunction())
Output: a

Did you googled for it? There's already a perfectly good answer on top of my google search: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7396849/convert-binary-to-ascii-and-vice-versa — fedepad, Jan 25 '17 at 10:32

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 25 '17 at 10:28

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Use following one liner

x = chr(int('010101010',2))

will work.

answered Jan 25 '17 at 10:28

Jay Parikh

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