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diff --git a/‎codext/__init__.py‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion b/‎codext/__init__.py‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 1 deletion
diff --git a/‎codext/base/_base2n.py‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 2 deletions b/‎codext/base/_base2n.py‎
Lines changed: 1 addition & 2 deletions
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ def main():
             with open(args.outfile, 'wb') as f:
                 f.write(c)
         else:
-            print(ensure_str(c or "Could not decode :-("), end="")
+            print(ensure_str(c or "Could not %scode :-(" % ["en", "de"][args.command == "decode"]), end="")
     elif args.command == "guess":
         r = codecs.guess(c,
                          getattr(stopfunc, args.stop_function, args.stop_function),
 
@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ def base2n_encode(string, charset, errors="strict", exc=Base2NEncodeError):
     while q % 8 != 0:
         q += nb_out
     # iterate over the characters, gathering bits to be mapped to the charset
-    for i, c in enumerate(string):
-        c = c if isinstance(c, int) else ord(c)
+    for i, c in enumerate(b(string)):
         bs += "{:0>8}".format(bin(c)[2:])
         while len(bs) >= nb_out:
             r += charset[int(bs[:nb_out], 2)]