Text_to_DNA_encode.py

import cv2
import numpy as np

AT_image = cv2.imread("AT.jpg")
TA_image = cv2.imread("TA.jpg")
CG_image = cv2.imread("CG.jpg")
GC_image = cv2.imread("GC.jpg")
dna_render_list = []


input_str = raw_input("Please Enter Something to Encode ")
encode = (str(''.join(format(ord(x), 'b') for x in input_str)))

print input_str, " in binary is: "
print encode

print input_str, " in DNA base pairs is: "
for base_num, base_num2 in zip(encode[::2], encode[1::2]):
    base_index = int(base_num + base_num2)

    if base_index == 00:
        print "A-T"
        dna_render_list.append(AT_image)

    elif base_index == 01:
        print "T-A"
        dna_render_list.append(TA_image)

    elif base_index == 10:
        print "C-G"
        dna_render_list.append(CG_image)

    else:
        print "G-C"
        dna_render_list.append(GC_image)


stacked_img = np.hstack((dna_render_list))
cv2.imshow("preview", stacked_img)
cv2.imwrite('encoded_DNA.jpg',stacked_img)
cv2.waitKey()