title: Python: convert a byte to binary and shift its bits?
body: <p>I want to convert an encoding to another encoding in Python for a school project. However, the encoding I am translating from will add a padding to its encoding on the first bit.</p>
  
  <p>How do I shift an binary number sequence to the left by one, so that it goes from:</p>
  
  <p>00000001 11001100 01010101 and so on</p>
  
  <p>to</p>
  
  <p>00000011 10011000 10101010 and so on</p>
  
  <p>so the end result's lowest bit will be the former's highest bit number?</p>