import sys from bitstring.bits import Bits from bitstring.dtypes import Register dtype_register = Register() def main() -> None: # check if final parameter is an interpretation string fp = sys.argv[-1] if fp in ['-h', '--help'] or len(sys.argv) == 1: print("""Create and interpret a bitstring from command-line parameters. Command-line parameters are concatenated and a bitstring created from them. If the final parameter is either an interpretation string or ends with a '.' followed by an interpretation string then that interpretation of the bitstring will be used when printing it. Typical usage might be invoking the Python module from a console as a one-off calculation: $ python -m bitstring int:16=-400 0xfe70 $ python -m bitstring float:32=0.2 bin 00111110010011001100110011001101 $ python -m bitstring 0xff 3*0b01,0b11 uint 65367 $ python -m bitstring hex=01, uint:12=352.hex 01160 """) return if fp in dtype_register.names: # concatenate all other parameters and interpret using the final one b1 = Bits(','.join(sys.argv[1: -1])) print(b1._readtoken(fp, 0, b1.__len__())[0]) else: # does final parameter end with a dot then an interpretation string? interp = fp[fp.rfind('.') + 1:] if interp in dtype_register.names: sys.argv[-1] = fp[:fp.rfind('.')] b1 = Bits(','.join(sys.argv[1:])) print(b1._readtoken(interp, 0, b1.__len__())[0]) else: # No interpretation - just use default print b1 = Bits(','.join(sys.argv[1:])) print(b1) if __name__ == '__main__': main()