main.py

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# Title:           ascii-interpreter                                           #
# Author:          stenkos                                                     #
# Git repository:  https://github.com/stenkos/ascii-interpreter.git            #
# Date:            2023-01-31                                                  #
# Version:         v2                                                          #
# Purpose:         Input ASCII, return string or char                          #
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# Backspace function implemented in strMode - use code 01111111 :-)            #
# Wording cleared up                                                           #
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#******************************************************************************#

# This is a list of all OG ASCII characters
# The 32 None entries replace control characters that I cba working around
asciiConv = [None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, ' ', '!', '"', '#', '$', '%', '&', '\'', '(', ')', '*', '+', ',', '-', '.', '/', '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', ':', ';', '<', '=', '>', '?', '@', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'M', 'N', 'O', 'P', 'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T', 'U', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Y', 'Z', '[', '\\', ']', '^', '_', '`', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z', '{', '|', '}', '~']

print("""This is stenkos's ASCII interpreter. To input characters, insert an ASCII
binary code and press ENTER. Please note that in this program control characters
are not included and will return "None". Furthermore, the initial 0 of the byte
does not need to be entered, as ASCII only uses 7 bits rather than 8.""")


# Input a binary code, return a character
def charMode():
    print()
    while True:
        try:
            character = int(input(), 2) # convert bin input to dec
        except ValueError:
            break # return to main menu
        print(asciiConv[character])


# Input binary codes, slowly build a string
def strMode():
    print()
    string = "" # initial state of string
    while True:
        try:
            character = int(input(), 2)
        except ValueError:
            break
        if character == 127:
            string = string[:-1] # delete function
        else:
            string = string + asciiConv[character] # build string
        print(string)


print("""
charMode is a simple mode, where you can test your knowledge of ASCII codes by
inputting codes to return single characters. strMode is fundamentally the same,
except you can construct fully-fledged strings.

strMode has a delete function which can delete the last entered character from
the string - type 0111 1111""")



# main looping program
while True:
    prompt = input("""
Would you like to use charMode or strMode? Type 'charmode' for charMode and
'strmode' for strMode. Once in these modes only binary input is accepted, and
inputting strings will bring you back to this menu.

To exit type 'exit' at this prompt.
""")
    prompt = prompt.lower()
    if prompt == "strmode":
        strMode() # defined earlier
    elif prompt == "charmode":
        charMode() # defined earlier
    elif prompt == "exit":
        break
    else:
        continue