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+# Task 1: Special Bit Characters
+# Submitted by: Mohammad S Anwar
+# 
+# You are given an array of binary bits that ends with 0.
+# 
+# Valid sequences in the bit string are:
+# 
+# [0] -decodes-to-> "a"
+# [1, 0] -> "b"
+# [1, 1] -> "c"
+# Write a script to print 1 if the last character is an “a” otherwise print 0.
+#
+# Example 1
+# Input: @bits = (1, 0, 0)
+# Output: 1
+# 
+# The given array bits can be decoded as 2-bits character (10) followed by 1-bit character (0).
+# 
+# Example 2
+# Input: @bits = (1, 1, 1, 0)
+# Output: 0
+# 
+# Possible decode can be 2-bits character (11) followed by 2-bits character (10) i.e. the last character is not 1-bit character.
+
+import re
+import sys
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    input = sys.argv[1:]
+    if (len(input) < 1
+        or
+        len(list(filter(lambda x: re.search(r'[^01]', x), input))) > 0):
+        sys.exit("Input error")
+
+    i = 0
+    while i < len(input)-1:
+        if (input[i] == '1'):
+            i += 1
+        i += 1
+    if len(input)-1 == i and input[i] == '1':
+        sys.exit("Input error")
+
+    if (len(input) > i):
+        print(1)
+    else:
+        print(0)