the characters

$($

lower case a to z

$)$

$,$

$$numbers

$0$

$$to

$9$

$$and other special characters like space, tabs and punctuation marks

$)$

$$have to be converted from

$8$

$$bits to

$6$

$$bits$.$ each character is presented by using only

$6$

$$bits instead of the usual

$8$

$$bits UnidentifiedUnidentifiedUnidentified

these

$6$

$$bits are then concatenated together

if the total number of bits is not divisible by

$8$

$,$

$$the remaining bits are filled with zeros

to have no ambiguity, the encoding should start with a specific bit pattern

$($

$0$

$0$

$0$

$0$

$0$

$1$

$)$

$$instead of

$0$

$0$

$0$

$0$

$0$

$0$

a is for example

$0$

$0$

$0$

$0$

$0$

$1$

implement the code using a vector

c$++$