binary representaion of a number

[Neil Schemenauer]

David Broadwell <dbroadwell at mindspring.com> wrote:
>here is what i am looking for:
>>>> bin(i)
>'111100000011110001000000000001'

See the attached code for a reasonably efficient Python version
that could easily be extended to handle long integers.

  Neil

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be taught how not to. So it is with the great programmers" -- Alan Perlis

import string

hexmap = {
    "0": "0000",
    "1": "0001",
    "2": "0010",
    "3": "0011",
    "4": "0100",
    "5": "0101",
    "6": "0110",
    "7": "0111",
    "8": "1000",
    "9": "1001",
    "a": "1010",
    "b": "1011",
    "c": "1100",
    "d": "1101",
    "e": "1110",
    "f": "1111",
}

def bin(n):
    bits = []
    for digit in ("%0.8x" % n):
        bits.append(hexmap[digit])
    return string.join(bits, '')