I have a string of 1s and 0s that represents a binary number (e.g. '00101101'). How would I convert that to an actual num? If I use int(), Python assumes decimal and creates a number that's much ...

It converts from binary to decimal (b m = 10) and its places p are stored in nibbles (R m = 4). Therefore, bit carry must be executed when p m ≥ 5 and the carry constant is (2 Rm – b m)/2 = 3. That is ...