function [OUT, OUTc] = abcGetBinary(INPUT)

% INPUT = 'hello?';

%% LOAD CONVERSION TABLE

sheet = 2;
xlRange = 'A1:C32';%'A2:A6001';
filename = '/Users/JonBumstead/Documents/PROJECTS/008expandedDisc/bitConversionTables.xlsx';
[~,txt,~] = xlsread(filename,sheet,xlRange);
A = txt(:,3); % letters
B = txt(:,2); % corresponding binary

%% 
% 000 - 1 bit (2^1) (2)
% 001 - 2 bit (2^2) (4)
% 010 - 3 bit (2^3) (8)
% 011 - 4 bit (2^4) (16)
% 100 - 5 bit (2^5) (32)
% 101 - 6 bit (2^6) (64)
% 110 - 7 bit (2^7) (128)
% 111 - 8 bit (2^8) (256)

OUT = '100'; % Data type


for p=1:length(INPUT)
    
    temp = INPUT(p);
    idx = find(ismember(A, temp));
    OUTc{p} = B{idx};
    OUT = [OUT B{idx}];
    
end
OUT = [OUT '00000']; % add end sequence 
OUT =str2binArray(OUT);

% save('/Users/JonBumstead/Documents/PROJECTS/008expandedDisc/binary_hello.mat','OUTA');