How to chnage number of bits in every packet of a byte array

Hi I have an array of byte array of 1 and 0s. I would like to make sure every pack of 1 or 0s contains 8 number
I can use this example to explain it better. Lets say I have this array
111111110000000111111100000000
As can be first pack of 0s and the second pack of 1s contain 7 bits. I would like to programaticaaly change it to 8 so the result should be
11111111000000001111111100000000
As can be seen now evey pack of 1s or 0s contains 8 element . Could you please help me on this.A sample code would be great
Many thanks

Reshape array is your friend.Nevermind. I just realized what you were going for. Will need to rethink...
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InDesign's primary purose is automation of repetitive assembly tasks and text handling in high page-count documents. You don't do master pages, indexes, tables of contents, constant spooling the hard disk, hundreds of externally linked raster and vector files, chapters-long threaded text stories in Illustrator or Photoshop. That's what I would call its "90% functionality."
Illustrator's primary purpose is general-purpose vector drawing (which most certainly includes many kinds of 'technical' illustration) using cubic Bezier curves, and page-assembly for low page-count, illustration-intensive documents. That's what I would call its "90% functionality."
Now ask yourself: Should programs fundamentally structured for different primary purposes necessarily share the same interface? I say no, not necessarily. Example: The mere use of the same term (Layers) in Photoshop and Illustrator for what are fundamentally two different things has led to a gross misunderstanding on the part of Photoshop users who are Illustrator beginners, which is repeated here in this very forum almost every day.
Ask yourself this: Should unyielding adherance to the organizational dictates of Adobe's so-called "unified" interface be allowed to result in a palette flyout menu in InDesign that contains only one option? Is the very concept of a 'menu' not fundametally antithetical to a single choice? Is that not just poor interface design, regardless of whether it "matches" that of the other programs in the so-called "suite"? (Frankly, I find Adobe's over-use of flyout menus--which effectively HIDE important options--generally both ill-conceived and poorly executed.)
No, there simply is no excuse for Illusrator's still lacking user-defined drawing scales, just as there was no excuse for its lacking multiple pages for two full decades, just as there is no excuse for its still lacking reliable snaps, connector lines, live shape primitives (!), proper arc-drawing, proper corner rounding, inline graphics, auto-fitting textframes, the ability to join multiple paths at once, (note that NONE of those can be called specifically "technical" drawing features) and a plethora of other functions that are bare-bones basic to vector drawing. The programs is just archaic and outdated in all these regards, and that's all there is to it.
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How to Plot number and string in one row (data logger counter) ?

hi all i made data log quantity using Digital Counter via modbus to monitoring quantity and reject that has and Name Operator, Machine and Part Number.
i have problem about plot the number & string in one row, as shown on the picture below :
how to move that string on one row ? i attach my vi.
Thanks~
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MODBUS LIB Counter.vi ‏39 KB

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