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39 changes: 39 additions & 0 deletions conversions/binary_to_decimal
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def bin_to_decimal(bin_string: str) -> int:
"""
Convert a binary value to its decimal equivalent

>>> bin_to_decimal("101")
5
>>> bin_to_decimal(" 1010 ")
10
>>> bin_to_decimal("-11101")
-29
>>> bin_to_decimal("0")
0
>>> bin_to_decimal("a")
ValueError: Non-binary value was passed to the function
>>> bin_to_decimal("")
ValueError: Empty string value was passed to the function
>>> bin_to_decimal("39")
ValueError: Non-binary value was passed to the function
"""
bin_string = str(bin_string).strip()
if not bin_string:
raise ValueError("Empty string was passed to the function")
is_negative = bin_string[0] == "-"
if is_negative:
bin_string = bin_string[1:]
if not all(char in "01" for char in bin_string):
raise ValueError("Non-binary value was passed to the function")
decimal_number = 0
for char in bin_string:
decimal_number = 2 * decimal_number + int(char)
if is_negative:
decimal_number = -decimal_number
return decimal_number


if __name__ == "__main__":
from doctest import testmod

testmod()