Re:list of bits to string
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- Subject: [mg28701] Re:[mg28688] list of bits to string
- From: Ranko Bojanic <bojanic at math.ohio-state.edu>
- Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 07:54:46 -0400 (EDT)
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Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu> wrote in [mg28688]:
>I have a list consisting of binary digits,of a given length,e.g.,{0,1,1,0,1}.
>I wish to convert this to a _string_ consisting of those digits:"01101".
>How can this be done?
There will be probably many answers to this question. Here is one:
g[{x_,y_,z___}] := { StringJoin[ToString[x], ToString[y]], z }
f[ lst_ ]:=Nest[g, lst, Length[lst]-1]
lst = {0,1,1,0,1}
f[lst]
{01101}
Regards,
Ranko
Ranko Bojanic
bojanic at math.ohio-state.edu