bin() in Python

Converting an decimal to binary is always an important utility that is required in python dev projects and competitive programming as well. Having a shorthand function to achieve this can always be handy in the situations which require the swift conversion of it without writing a long code for same, this is provided by “bin()“. This has been discussed in this article.

Naive Methods to convert decimal to binary

1. Using recursion

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# Function to print binary number for the 
# input decimal using recursion
def decimalToBinary(n):
  
    if n > 1:
        # divide with integral result 
        # (discard remainder) 
        decimalToBinary(n//2) 
  
  
    print (n%2,end="")         
  
# Driver code
if __name__ == '__main__':
    decimalToBinary(8)
    print("\r")
    decimalToBinary(18)
    print("\r")
    decimalToBinary(7)
    print

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1000
10010
111





2. Using loop











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# Python code to demonstrate naive method 


# using loop  


  


# function returning binary string 


def Binary(n): 


    binary = "" 


    i = 0


    while n > 0 and i<=8: 


        s1 = str(int(n%2)) 


        binary = binary + s1 


        n /= 2


        i = i+1


        d = binary[::-1] 


    return d 


  


print("The binary representation of 100 (using loops) is : ",end="") 


print(Binary(100)) 



















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Output:


The binary representation of 100 (using loops) is : 001100100





Using bin()




Using bin() reduces the time required to code and also removes the hassle that you may see in the above two mentioned methods.


Syntax : 
bin(a)
Parameters : 
a : an integer to convert
Return Value :
A binary string of an integer or int object.
Exceptions :
Raises TypeError when a float value is sent in arguments.












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# Python code to demonstrate working of 


# bin() 


  


# function returning binary string 


def Binary(n): 


    s = bin(n) 


      


    # removing "0b" prefix 


    s1 = s[2:] 


    return s1 


  


print("The binary representation of 100 (using bin()) is : ",end="") 


print(Binary(100)) 



















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Output :


The binary representation of 100 (using bin()) is : 1100100





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