str = "ABC"
ba = crunchASCII(str)

put ba.toBinString()
-- "1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0"

put ba.toBinString(TRUE)
 -- "1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1"

put decrunchASCII(ba)
-- "ABC"