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How to XOR byte lists (objects) in Python

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def xor_bytes(a: bytes, b: bytes) -> bytes:
    return bytes([x ^ y for x, y in zip(a, b)])

def print_bitset_array(label: str, array: bytes) -> None:
    print(f"{label}:", end=" ")
    for b in array:
        print(f"{b:08b}", end=" ")
    print()

# b"Aeryn" = a variable a as a bytes object.
# The prefix b indicates that "Aeryn" is stored as raw bytes.
a = b"Aeryn"
b = b"Albus"
c = xor_bytes(a, b)

print_bitset_array("a", a)
print_bitset_array("b", b)
print_bitset_array("c", c)

print("c:", end=" ")
for byte in c:
    print(byte, end=" ")
print()



'''
run:

a: 01000001 01100101 01110010 01111001 01101110 
b: 01000001 01101100 01100010 01110101 01110011 
c: 00000000 00001001 00010000 00001100 00011101 
c: 0 9 16 12 29 

'''

 



answered Jul 12, 2025 by avibootz
edited Jul 12, 2025 by avibootz

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