bitarray_quickstart_creation_slicing_bitwise_operations.py

1from bitarray import bitarray
2
3# Create a bitarray of length 10 (all bits initialized to 0)
4a = bitarray(10)
5a.setall(0)
6
7# Set specific bits
8a[1] = 1
9a[2] = 1
10a[5] = 1
11
12# Append bits or other bitarrays
13a.append(True)
14a.extend([0, 1, 1])
15
16# Slicing and assignment
17a[3:5] = bitarray('10')
18
19# String representation and basic operations
20print(f"Bitarray: {a}")
21print(f"Count of 1s: {a.count(1)}")
22print(f"As list: {a.tolist()}")
23
24# Bitwise operations
25b = bitarray('11001100110011')
26# Ensure they are the same length for bitwise ops
27res = a & b[:len(a)] 
28print(f"Bitwise AND result: {res}")