Implementing Checksum using Python

# Function to find the Checksum of Sent Message
def findChecksum(SentMessage, k):
  
    # Dividing sent message in packets of k bits.
    c1 = SentMessage[0:k]
    c2 = SentMessage[k:2*k]
    c3 = SentMessage[2*k:3*k]
    c4 = SentMessage[3*k:4*k]

    # Calculating the binary sum of packets
    Sum = bin(int(c1, 2)+int(c2, 2)+int(c3, 2)+int(c4, 2))[2:]

    # Adding the overflow bits
    if(len(Sum) > k):
        x = len(Sum)-k
        Sum = bin(int(Sum[0:x], 2)+int(Sum[x:], 2))[2:]
    if(len(Sum) < k):
        Sum = '0'*(k-len(Sum))+Sum

    # Calculating the complement of sum
    Checksum = ''
    for i in Sum:
        if(i == '1'):
            Checksum += '0'
        else:
            Checksum += '1'
    return Checksum

# Function to find the Complement of binary addition of
# k bit packets of the Received Message + Checksum
def checkReceiverChecksum(ReceivedMessage, k, Checksum):
  
    # Dividing sent message in packets of k bits.
    c1 = ReceivedMessage[0:k]
    c2 = ReceivedMessage[k:2*k]
    c3 = ReceivedMessage[2*k:3*k]
    c4 = ReceivedMessage[3*k:4*k]

    # Calculating the binary sum of packets + checksum
    ReceiverSum = bin(int(c1, 2)+int(c2, 2)+int(Checksum, 2) +
                      int(c3, 2)+int(c4, 2)+int(Checksum, 2))[2:]

    # Adding the overflow bits
    if(len(ReceiverSum) > k):
        x = len(ReceiverSum)-k
        ReceiverSum = bin(int(ReceiverSum[0:x], 2)+int(ReceiverSum[x:], 2))[2:]

    # Calculating the complement of sum
    ReceiverChecksum = ''
    for i in ReceiverSum:
        if(i == '1'):
            ReceiverChecksum += '0'
        else:
            ReceiverChecksum += '1'
    return ReceiverChecksum


# Driver Code
SentMessage = "10010101011000111001010011101100"
k = 8
#ReceivedMessage = "10000101011000111001010011101101"
ReceivedMessage = "10010101011000111001010011101100"
# Calling the findChecksum() function
Checksum = findChecksum(SentMessage, k)

# Calling the checkReceiverChecksum() function
ReceiverChecksum = checkReceiverChecksum(ReceivedMessage, k, Checksum)

# Printing Checksum
print("SENDER SIDE CHECKSUM: ", Checksum)
print("RECEIVER SIDE CHECKSUM: ", ReceiverChecksum)
finalsum=bin(int(Checksum,2)+int(ReceiverChecksum,2))[2:]

# Finding the sum of checksum and received checksum
finalcomp=''
for i in finalsum:
    if(i == '1'):
        finalcomp += '0'
    else:
        finalcomp += '1'

# If sum = 0, No error is detected
if(int(finalcomp,2) == 0):
    print("Receiver Checksum is equal to 0. Therefore,")
    print("STATUS: ACCEPTED")
    
# Otherwise, Error is detected
else:
    print("Receiver Checksum is not equal to 0. Therefore,")
    print("STATUS: ERROR DETECTED")