cat2text/base4.py

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# stolen from this stack overflow answer and modified: https://stackoverflow.com/a/1119769
alphabet = "0123"
def encode(num):
"""Encode a positive number into Base X and return the string.
Arguments:
- `num`: The number to encode
- `alphabet`: The alphabet to use for encoding
"""
if num == 0:
return alphabet[0]
arr = []
arr_append = arr.append # Extract bound-method for faster access.
_divmod = divmod # Access to locals is faster.
base = len(alphabet)
while num:
num, rem = _divmod(num, base)
arr_append(alphabet[rem])
arr.reverse()
return ''.join(arr)
def decode(string):
"""Decode a Base 4 encoded string into the number
Arguments:
- `string`: The encoded string
- `alphabet`: The alphabet to use for decoding
"""
base = len(alphabet)
strlen = len(string)
num = 0
idx = 0
for char in string:
power = (strlen - (idx + 1))
num += alphabet.index(char) * (base ** power)
idx += 1
return num