How to convert an integer to a string in any base?

Question

Python allows easy creation of an integer from a string of a given base via

int(str, base). 

I want to perform the inverse: creati

Answer 1

A recursive solution for those interested. Of course, this will not work with negative binary values. You would need to implement Two's Complement.

def generateBase36Alphabet():
    return ''.join([str(i) for i in range(10)]+[chr(i+65) for i in range(26)])

def generateAlphabet(base):
    return generateBase36Alphabet()[:base]

def intToStr(n, base, alphabet):
    def toStr(n, base, alphabet):
        return alphabet[n] if n < base else toStr(n//base,base,alphabet) + alphabet[n%base]
    return ('-' if n < 0 else '') + toStr(abs(n), base, alphabet)

print('{} -> {}'.format(-31, intToStr(-31, 16, generateAlphabet(16)))) # -31 -> -1F