encoder.py

def getBit(n, x):
    return n&(1<<x) 

def setBit(n,x,b):
    return n&(~(1<<x)) if b == 0 else n|(1<<x) 

def encodeChunk(word):
    output = 0
    for i,char in enumerate(map(ord, word)):
        for c,j in enumerate(range(i,32,4)):
            output = setBit(output, j, getBit(char, c))
    return output

def encode(str):
    n = 4
    chunks  = [str[i:i+n] for i in range(0, len(str), n)]
    encoded = [encodeChunk(chunk) for chunk in chunks]
    return encoded


if __name__ == "__main__":
    print(encode("tacocat"))
    print(encode("never odd or even"))