base32768 binary converter

# Scar32
# DEVIXLER

# this is my own take on a base32K converter.
# this format can convert strings of bits starting at
# 0 or 1 and can convert bits at any length even one
# bit or even zero bits!

def bits2character(bits):
    character = 32
    for i in range(15):
        character += int(bits[i])*2**i
    return chr(character)
characters = '01'
def character2bits(character):
    n = ord(character)-32
    out = ''
    for l in range(15):
        char = int(n)%2
        out += characters[char]
        n = (n-char)/2
    return out
def bits2string(bits):
    out = ''
    bits = bits+'1'+'0'*(15-len(bits)%15-1) # my format puts a 1 at the end of the bits followed by zeros
    for p in range(int((len(bits)+1)/15)):
        chunk = ''
        for s in range(15):
            chunk += bits[p*15+s]
        out += bits2character(chunk)
    return out
def string2bits(string):
    data = ''
    for i in string:
        data += character2bits(i)
    while data[-1] == '0':
        data = data[:-1]
    data = data[:-1]
    return data
# demo
print(bits2string(input('bits to string: ')))
print(string2bits(input('string to bits: ')))