Python int to binary string?

Question

Are there any canned Python methods to convert an Integer (or Long) into a binary string in Python?

There are a myriad of dec2bin() functions out on Google... But I

Answer 1

If you want a textual representation without the 0b-prefix, you could use this:

get_bin = lambda x: format(x, 'b')

print(get_bin(3))
>>> '11'

print(get_bin(-3))
>>> '-11'

When you want a n-bit representation:

get_bin = lambda x, n: format(x, 'b').zfill(n)
>>> get_bin(12, 32)
'00000000000000000000000000001100'
>>> get_bin(-12, 32)
'-00000000000000000000000000001100'

Alternatively, if you prefer having a function:

def get_bin(x, n=0):
    """
    Get the binary representation of x.

    Parameters
    ----------
    x : int
    n : int
        Minimum number of digits. If x needs less digits in binary, the rest
        is filled with zeros.

    Returns
    -------
    str
    """
    return format(x, 'b').zfill(n)

Answer 2

Calculator with all neccessary functions for DEC,BIN,HEX: (made and tested with Python 3.5)

You can change the input test numbers and get the converted ones.

# CONVERTER: DEC / BIN / HEX

def dec2bin(d):
    # dec -> bin
    b = bin(d)
    return b

def dec2hex(d):
    # dec -> hex
    h = hex(d)
    return h

def bin2dec(b):
    # bin -> dec
    bin_numb="{0:b}".format(b)
    d = eval(bin_numb)
    return d,bin_numb

def bin2hex(b):
    # bin -> hex
    h = hex(b)
    return h

def hex2dec(h):
    # hex -> dec
    d = int(h)
    return d

def hex2bin(h):
    # hex -> bin
    b = bin(h)
    return b


## TESTING NUMBERS
numb_dec = 99
numb_bin = 0b0111 
numb_hex = 0xFF


## CALCULATIONS
res_dec2bin = dec2bin(numb_dec)
res_dec2hex = dec2hex(numb_dec)

res_bin2dec,bin_numb = bin2dec(numb_bin)
res_bin2hex = bin2hex(numb_bin)

res_hex2dec = hex2dec(numb_hex)
res_hex2bin = hex2bin(numb_hex)



## PRINTING
print('------- DECIMAL to BIN / HEX -------\n')
print('decimal:',numb_dec,'\nbin:    ',res_dec2bin,'\nhex:    ',res_dec2hex,'\n')

print('------- BINARY to DEC / HEX -------\n')
print('binary: ',bin_numb,'\ndec:    ',numb_bin,'\nhex:    ',res_bin2hex,'\n')

print('----- HEXADECIMAL to BIN / HEX -----\n')
print('hexadec:',hex(numb_hex),'\nbin:    ',res_hex2bin,'\ndec:    ',res_hex2dec,'\n')

Answer 3

I found a method using matrix operation to convert decimal to binary.

import numpy as np
E_mat = np.tile(E,[1,M])
M_order = pow(2,(M-1-np.array(range(M)))).T
bindata = np.remainder(np.floor(E_mat /M_order).astype(np.int),2)

Eis input decimal data,M is the binary orders. bindata is output binary data, which is in a format of 1 by M binary matrix.

Answer 4

I feel Martijn Pieter's comment deserves to be highlighted as an answer:

binary_string = format(value, '0{}b'.format(width))

To me is is both clear and versatile.

Answer 5

>>> format(123, 'b')
'1111011'

Answer 6

n=input()
print(bin(n).replace("0b", ""))