Int to boolean array python

Question

If I have a char d and a char k, how do I turn each into a bit array (such as True-False-True-True-True-False-False-True) and then combine the arrays into a single array by AND-ing each bit (and then turning the combined array back into a char)? Such as 01100001 (a) and 01100011 (c) combine to make 01100001 (c)? Also, sometimes the results of these conversions are not ASCII (such as 00000010)?

Answer 1

no need to make an array:

>>> chr(ord('c') & ord('a'))
'a'